Maori Land Vesting and Court Sittings




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 755

Land vested in Trustees under "The Maori Real
Estate Act, 1867."

NORMANDY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of November, 1875.
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,
luuatics, 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 in-
terest 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 Crown Grant bearing
date the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto be-
came vested in Pororua Wharekauri, Karena Kiwa,
Matiu Tauhara, and Meu Haka, of the District of
Mangonui, in the Province of Auckland, aboriginal
natives of New Zealand: And whereas Meu Haka,
one of the persons named in the Crown Grant, died
intestate: And whereas at a sitting of the Native
Land Court, held at Mangonui, in the Province afore-
said, on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five, Karena Kiwa claimed to
succeed to the interest of the said Meu Haka in the
said parcel of land described in the said Schedule;
and it was ordered by the said Court that Matiu
Meu, Tanga Meu, Te Oneroa Meu, and Pare Meu,
infants under the age of twenty-one years, should
succeed to the hereditaments aforesaid; and it is
expedient that Pororua te Taepa and Karena Kiwa
be appointed trustees under the said Act on behalf
of the said Matiu Meu, Tanga Meu, Te Oneroa Meu,
and Pare Meu, during their minority.

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
him by the said Act, doth hereby order that the
estate or interest of the said Meu Haka in the land
described in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain
vested in

PORORUA TE TAEPA and KARENA KIWA, of the
District of Mangonui, in the said Province,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand,
as Trustees, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Matiu Meu, Tanga
Meu, Te Oneroa Meu, and Pare Meu, during their
minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate at Mangonui, in the
District of Mangonui, Province of Auckland, being
called or known by the name of "Aputerewa No.
2." Bounded towards the North-east. by a line 3379
links, and by the Tokatoka Creek; towards the East
by the said Creek; towards the South by the creek
aforesaid; towards the West by the Oruru Block,
2415 links, 670 links, 507 links, 902 links, 1015 links,
450 links, 902 links, and 5410 links; and towards
the North-west by Crown land, 735 links, and by a
stream.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of Nelson District Court.

NORMANBY, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
fix and appoint that sittings of the Nelson District
Court, for Civil and Criminal Business, shall be held
at the Provincial Council Hall, at Nelson, on Mon-
day, the thirteenth day of December next.

Issued this twenty-fifth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Fixing Sittings of Nelson District Court.

NORMANBY, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
fix and appoint that sittings of the Nelson District
Court shall be held as follows:---
In the Provincial Hall, Nelson, for Criminal
Business only, on the third Monday in March,
June, September, and December in each year;
In the Resident Magistrate's Court House, Nelson,
for Civil Business only, on the second Monday
in every month;
In the Resident Magistrate's Court House, Nelson,
for Bankruptcy Business only, on the second and
fourth Friday in every month.
Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as
aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the
Court appointed for that day shall be holden on the
first day thereafter not being a holiday.
Provided further that this warrant shall not take
effect till the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.
Issued this twenty-fifth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Fixing Sittings of District Court of Westland.

NORMANBY, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
fix and appoint that sittings of the District Court of
Westland, for Civil and Criminal Business, shall be
held as follow:---
In the Supreme Court House at Hokitika, on
the first day of February, April, June, August,
October, and December in each year.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court House at
Greymouth, on the seventh day of February,
April, June, August, October, and December
in each year.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court House at
Westport, on the fifteenth day of March and
June, the eighteenth day of September, and
the fifteenth day of December in each year.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court House at
Reefton, on the fourteenth day of February,
April, July, and October in each year.
Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as
aforesaid shall happen to be a Sunday or a holiday,
then the Court appointed for that day shall be
holden on the first day thereafter not being a
Sunday or a holiday.



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🪶 Order Vesting Land Interest in Trustees under The Maori Real Estate Act, 1867. (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
25 November 1875
Maori land, Trustee appointment, Land vesting, Mangonui, Infants, Auckland, Crown Grant
11 names identified
  • Pororua Wharekauri, Original grantee of land interest
  • Karena Kiwa, Original grantee of land interest
  • Matiu Tauhara, Original grantee of land interest
  • Meu Haka, Deceased interest holder
  • Karena Kiwa, Claimed succession to interest
  • Matiu Meu, Infant successor and beneficiary
  • Tanga Meu, Infant successor and beneficiary
  • Te Oneroa Meu, Infant successor and beneficiary
  • Pare Meu, Infant successor and beneficiary
  • Pororua te Taepa, Appointed Trustee for infants
  • Karena Kiwa, Appointed Trustee for infants

  • NORMANDY, Governor
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

⚖️ Fixing one-time sitting date for Nelson District Court Civil and Criminal Business.

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
25 November 1875
Court sitting, Nelson District Court, Civil business, Criminal business
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • EDWARD RICHARDSON, (for the Minister of Justice)

⚖️ Establishing recurring schedule for Nelson District Court Civil, Criminal, and Bankruptcy Business.

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
25 November 1875
Court schedule, Nelson District Court, Bankruptcy, Provincial Hall
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • EDWARD RICHARDSON, (for the Minister of Justice)

⚖️ Fixing recurring sittings schedule for the District Court of Westland locations.

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Court schedule, Westland District Court, Hokitika, Greymouth, Westport, Reefton
  • NORMANBY, Governor