Maori Land Trustee Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 329

EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY, Esquire, Gentleman,
and RINA TE NGAHUE, an aboriginal native
of New Zealand, of the District of Thames,
in the said province,
as Trustees within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Wikitoria te Ngahue
and Hiria te Ngahue during their minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land at Wainui, in the District of
Thames, in the Province of Auckland, being called
or known by the name of Wainui, containing by
admeasurement 490 acres and 6 perches, more or
less. Bounded towards the North by lines 1108
links, 559 links, 257 links, 487 links, 618 links, 278
links, 327 links, and 482 links, and by the Tapuaeha-
ruru Block, 1463 links, 183 links, and 1040 links, and
by a stream; towards the East by Te Rata Block,
8296 links; towards the South by a line 4820 links;
and towards the West by a line 9316 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate
Management Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twenty-seventh day of April, 1876.

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
bearing date the sixth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Eruera te Ngahue and two others,
of the District of Thames, in the Province of Auck-
land, aboriginal natives of New Zealand: And
whereas the said Eruera te Ngahue, one of the per-
sons named in the said Certificate of Title, died
intestate: And whereas at a sitting of the Native
Land Court, held at Shortland, in the province afore-
said, on the twenty-third day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, Wikitoria
te Ngahue claimed to succeed to the said Eruera te
Ngahue in the parcel of land described in the said
Schedule, and it was ordered by the said Court that
Wikitoria te Ngahue and Hiria te Ngahue, infants
under the age of twenty-one years, should succeed
to the hereditaments aforesaid: And it is expedient
that Edward Walter Puckey, Esquire, and Rina te
Ngahue be appointed trustees under the said Act, on
behalf of the said Wikitoria te Ngahue and Hiria
te Ngahue, 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 land
described in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain
vested in

EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY, Esquire, Gentleman,
and RINA TE NGAHUE, an aboriginal native of
New Zealand, of the District of Thames, in
the said province,
as Trustees within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Wikitoria te Ngahue
and Hiria te Ngahue during their minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, at Wainui, in the District
of Thames, in the Province of Auckland, being called
or known by the name of Te Rata, containing by ad-
measurement 226 acres and 18 perches, more or less.
Bounded towards the North by the Tapuacharuru
Block; towards the East by lines 1551 links, 1382
links, 128 links, 817 links, 3769 links, and 1417 links,
and by the Potuterangi Block 328 links; towards
the South by the Tikorangi Block, 833 links, 94 links,
324 links, and 1025 links; towards the South-west by
a line 973 links; and towards the West by the Wai-
nui Block, 8296 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Trustee under "The Maori Real Estate
Management Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twenty-seventh day of April, 1876.

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
bearing date the fourteenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the parcel
of land and hereditaments described in the Schedule
hereto became vested in Paora te Putu, of the Dis-
trict of Thames, in the Province of Auckland, an
aboriginal native of New Zealand: And whereas
the said Paora te Putu died intestate: And whereas
at a sitting of the Native Land Court, held at Short-
land, in the province aforesaid, on the twenty-third
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five, Riria Karepe claimed to succeed to the
said Paora te Putu in the land described in the said
Schedule: And it was ordered by the said Court
that Te Morehu, an infant under the age of twenty-
one years, should succeed to the hereditaments
aforesaid: And it is expedient that Riria Karepe
be appointed trustee under the said Act on behalf of
the said Te Morehu during his 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 land
described in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain.
vested in

RIRIA KAREPE, of the District of Thames, Pro-
vince of Auckland, an aboriginal native of
New Zealand,
as Trustee within the meaning and for the purposes



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🪶 Appointment of Trustees for Wikitoria te Ngahue and Hiria te Ngahue (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
27 April 1876
Trustee appointment, Land vesting, Infants, Wainui, Thames, Auckland, Maori Real Estate Management Act 1867
  • EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY (Esquire, Gentleman), Appointed Trustee for infants
  • RINA TE NGAHUE, Appointed Trustee for infants
  • Wikitoria TE NGAHUE, Beneficiary during minority
  • Hiria TE NGAHUE, Beneficiary during minority

  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL

🪶 Appointment of Trustee for Te Morehu

🪶 Māori Affairs
27 April 1876
Trustee appointment, Land vesting, Infant, Te Rata, Thames, Auckland, Maori Real Estate Management Act 1867
  • RIRIA KAREPE, Appointed Trustee for infant
  • Paora TE PUTU, Deceased owner of vested land
  • TE MOREHU, Beneficiary during minority

  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL