Maori Land Vesting Orders




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Govern-
ment House, at Wellington; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, this
eighteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.
Clutha District.
Otago Gold Fields District.
Kaipara District.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twenty-ninth day of June, 1872.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867," it is enacted that if any
title to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue
to any Maoris who or any of whom shall be infants,
lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order
that such hereditaments, or any part thereof or
interest therein as shall to the Governor in Council
be shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other
person under legal disability, shall be vested in
trustees as the Governor in Council shall think fit:
And whereas by virtue of a certificate of title, bear-
ing date the eleventh day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule written
hereon were declared to be owned by Pita Taurua,
of the District of Coromandel, in the Province of
Auckland, an aboriginal native of New Zealand: And
whereas the said Pita Taurua died intestate: And
whereas at a Native Lands Court held at Auckland,
in the Province aforesaid, Wiremu Taurua claimed title
to succeed to the interest of the said Pita Taurua in
the said parcel of land described in the said Schedule,
and it was recommended by the said Court that the
said Wiremu Taurua should succeed to the heredita-
ments aforesaid; and it is expedient that Mereana
Kanaki, along with Charles Ring, of Coromandel, in
the Province of Auckland, and Colony of New Zea-
land, be appointed Trustees under the said Act on
behalf of the said Wiremu Taurua during his
minority:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, in exercise and in pursuance of the powers
and authorities vested in him by the said Act, doth
hereby order that the estate or interest of the said
Pita Taurua in the said land so described in the said
Schedule shall be and remain vested in the said
Mereana Kanaki, of the District of Coromandel, in
the Province of Auckland, an aboriginal native of
New Zealand, and the said Charles Ring, of
Coromandel aforesaid, as Trustees within the mean-
ing and for the purposes of the said Act for the said
Wiremu Taurua during his minority.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admea-
surement. 172 acres and 35 perches, more or less,
situate at Coromandel, in the District of Coromandel,
Queen's County, being called or known by the name
of "Te Umuhau," and numbered two thousand four
hundred and ninety (2490); bounded towards the
North by the Karaka Creek; towards the South-
east by the Pakirikiri No. 2 Block, 1940 links, 130
links, and 400 links; towards the North-east by a
swamp of the said Pakirikiri No. 2 Block, 436 links
and 1631 links; towards the East by the Huaroa
Creek; towards the South by the said creek; towards
the South-west by ordinary high watermark; and
towards the North-west by a stream; by Kapanga
No. 1 Block, 178 links; by the Parangu No. 4 Block,
203 links; by the Parangu No. 11 Block, 138 links
and 500 links; by the Koparatoto Nos. 2 and 3 Blocks,
395 links; and by the Papaparoro Block, 198 links;
by an irregular line and by lines 213 links, 322 links,
and 728 links. Excepting those seven parcels of land
which have already been conveyed to Messrs. Ring
and Williams on the 30th day of June, 1871; to Mr.
Ring, on the 30th day of June, 1871; to Mr. Jones,
on the 21st June, 1871; to Mr. Jones, on the 7th day
of July, 1871; to Mr. Lynch, on the 22nd day of
June, 1871; to Mr. McGregor, on the 2nd day of
August, 1871; to Mr. O'Neill, on the 28th June,
1871; and containing respectively, 1 acre and 7
perches; 2 acres; 2 acres 2 roods and 20 perches;
5 acres; 17 acres; 3 acres 1 rood and 34 perches;
and 2 roods and 36 perches-as the same are coloured
yellow and described in the plan deposited in the
Native Lands Court.

R. S. MACHELL, A.D.C.
(for Clerk of the Executive Council.)

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of July, 1872.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867," it is enacted that if any
title to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue
to any Maoris who or any of whom shall be infants,
lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order
that such hereditaments, or any part thereof or
interest therein, as shall to the Governor in Council
be shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other
person under legal disability, shall be vested in trus-
tees as the Governor in Council shall think fit: And
whereas by virtue of a certificate of title, bearing
date the 24th day of September, 1867, the parcel of
land and hereditaments described in the Schedule
hereon written became vested in Tamati Matangihia,
Wiremu Te Raumaunga, Ihaka Whanga, Paioneone,
Wiremu Kirikiri, Te Kemara, Hanuhanu, Komene
Tahu, Kaho, Taraipine Kuti, and Te Waka Mihi, of
the Wairoa District, in the Province of Hawke's Bay,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand: And whereas
Wiremu Kirikiri, one of the persons named in the
said certificate of title, died intestate: And whereas
at a Native Lands Court held at Te Wairoa, in the
Province aforesaid, on the 28th day of September,
1870, Wiremu Kirikiri, Maraia Newa, Meri, Te
Irikowhai, Maia, Mata Kuao, Heni Ngamako, and
Mare, minors, claimed to succeed to the interest of
the said Wiremu Kirikiri in the said parcel of land



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🪶 Order vesting Pita Taurua's land interest in trustees for minor successor Wiremu Taurua

🪶 Māori Affairs
29 June 1872
Order in Council, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Trustees, Coromandel, Land vesting, Intestate succession
10 names identified
  • Pita Taurua, Deceased owner of vested land interest
  • Wiremu Taurua, Successor to vested land interest (minor)
  • Mereana Kanaki, Appointed trustee for minor successor
  • Charles Ring, Appointed trustee for minor successor
  • Mr. Ring, Recipient of prior land conveyance
  • Messrs. Williams, Recipient of prior land conveyance
  • Mr. Jones, Recipient of prior land conveyance
  • Mr. Lynch, Recipient of prior land conveyance
  • Mr. McGregor, Recipient of prior land conveyance
  • Mr. O'Neill, Recipient of prior land conveyance

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen
  • W. Gisborne
  • R. S. Machell, A.D.C. (for Clerk of the Executive Council.)

🪶 Order regarding succession claims for land vested in multiple aboriginal natives

🪶 Māori Affairs
10 July 1872
Order in Council, Native Lands Court, Land vesting, Hawke's Bay, Succession claim, Minors
19 names identified
  • Tamati Matangihia, Original certificate of title holder
  • Wiremu Te Raumaunga, Original certificate of title holder
  • Ihaka Whanga, Original certificate of title holder
  • Paioneone, Original certificate of title holder
  • Wiremu Kirikiri, Original certificate of title holder/Deceased
  • Te Kemara, Original certificate of title holder
  • Hanuhanu, Original certificate of title holder
  • Komene Tahu, Original certificate of title holder
  • Kaho, Original certificate of title holder
  • Taraipine Kuti, Original certificate of title holder
  • Te Waka Mihi, Original certificate of title holder
  • Wiremu Kirikiri, Claimed title succession rights
  • Maraia Newa, Claimed title succession rights (minor)
  • Meri, Claimed title succession rights (minor)
  • Te Irikowhai, Claimed title succession rights (minor)
  • Maia, Claimed title succession rights (minor)
  • Mata Kuao, Claimed title succession rights (minor)
  • Heni Ngamako, Claimed title succession rights (minor)
  • Mare, Claimed title succession rights (minor)

  • G. F. BOWEN, Governor