✨ Maori Land Trustee Appointments
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
District of Thames, containing by admeasurement 31
acres 3 roods and 21 perches, more or less, and called
or known by the name of Hawaiki. Bounded towards
the North by lines 1106 links, 762 links, and 508
links; towards the North-east by a line 1226 links;
again towards the North by a line 870 links; towards
the East by a line 480 links; towards the South-east
by a line 462 links; towards the South and South-
west by lines 170 links, 304 links, 1137 links, 276 links,
206 links, 407 links, 405 links, 337 links, and 667
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 twentieth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the parcel
of land and hereditaments described in the Schedule
hereto became vested in Eruera te Ngahue, of the
District of Thames, in the Province of Auckland, an
aboriginal native of New Zealand: And whereas
the said Eruera te Ngahue died intestate: And
whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Shortland, in the province aforesaid, on
the twenty-third day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-five, Wikitoria te
Ngahue claimed to succeed to the said Eruera te
Ngahue in the said parcel of land described in the
said Schedule, and it was ordered by the said Court
that Wikitoria te Ngahue and Hira 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 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 Eruera te Ngahue in 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 situate at Te Puriri, in
331
the District of Thames, Province of Auckland,
containing by admeasurement 56 acres 3 roods
and 23 perches, more or less, and called or known
by the name of Whauwhautetoki. Bounded to-
wards the East by a line 507 links; towards the
North-east by lines 844 links, 100 links, 248 links,
and 223 links; again towards the East by lines
129 links, 859 links, and 379 links; towards the
South-east by lines 500 links, 472 links, 350 links,
783 links, 175 links, and 639 links; towards the
South-west by lines 575 links, 286 links, 188 links,
and 214 links; and towards the North-west by lines
349 links, 134 links, 220 links, 233 links, 104 links,
153 links, 28 links, 1000 links, 111 links, 749 links,
and 294 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 twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, the parcel of land and here-
ditaments described in the Schedule hereto became
vested in Eruera te Ngahue and two others, of the
District of Thames, in the Province of Auckland,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand: And whereas
Eruera te Ngahue, one of the persons named in the
said certificate, died intestate: And whereas at a
sitting of the Native Land Court held at Shortland,
in the province aforesaid, on the twenty-third day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five, Wikitoria te Ngahue claimed to succeed to the
interest of the said Eruera te Ngahue in the said
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 interest
of Eruera te Ngahue in 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 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 Eruera te Ngahue in
the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be
and remain vested in
EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY, Esquire, Gentleman,
and RINA TE NGAHUE, of Shortland, in the
District of Thames, in the said province, an
aboriginal native of New Zealand,
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Appointment of Trustees for Successors to Eruera te Ngahue
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🪶 Māori Affairs27 April 1876
Land description, Schedule, Thames District, Boundary measurements
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
🪶 Trustees Appointed for Successors of Eruera te Ngahue in Whauwhautetoki Land
🪶 Māori Affairs27 April 1876
Order in Council, Trustee appointment, Land vesting, Native Land Court, Thames, Whauwhautetoki
6 names identified
- Eruera te Ngahue, Deceased owner of vested interest
- Wikitoria te Ngahue, Infant successor to land
- Hira te Ngahue, Infant successor ordered by Court
- EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY (Esquire), Appointed trustee for infants
- RINA TE NGAHUE, Appointed trustee for infants
- Hiria te Ngahue, Infant successor during minority
- NORMANBY, Governor
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
🪶 Trustees Appointed for Successors of Eruera te Ngahue under 1870 Title
🪶 Māori Affairs27 April 1876
Order in Council, Trustee appointment, Land vesting, Native Land Court, Thames, Intestate
- Eruera te Ngahue, Deceased owner of vested interest
- Wikitoria te Ngahue, Infant successor to land
- Hiria te Ngahue, Infant successor ordered by Court
- EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY (Esquire), Appointed trustee for infants
- RINA TE NGAHUE, Appointed trustee for infants
- NORMANBY, Governor
NZ Gazette 1876, No 27