Maori Trustee Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 801

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

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of November, 1876.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS 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 tenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, the parcel of land
and hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Pakoa and others, of the District of
Ahuriri, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, aboriginal
natives of New Zealand:

And whereas the said Pakoa died intestate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court, held at Waipaca, in the province aforesaid, on
the second day of October, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-five, Hami Wheraro claimed to sue-
ceed to the interest and share of the said Pakoa in
the parcel of land described in the said Schedule:

And it was ordered by the said Court that Hami
Wheraro should succeed to the interest and share of
the said Pakoa in the hereditaments aforesaid:

And it is expedient that Pera Wheraro be ap-
pointed Trustee under the said Act, on behalf of the
said Hami Wheraro:

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 interest
and share of the said Hemi Wheraro in the land de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain
vested in the said

PERA WHERARO,
as Trustee, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Hami Wheraro during
his minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land at Waipaoa, in the District
of Ahuriri, and Province of Hawke's Bay, contain-
ing four hundred and twenty-three acres, more or
less, and called or known by the name of Wai-
kareao. Bounded on the North-east by the Rau-
kawa No. 3 Block, 2,885 links and 1,215 links; the
Raukawa No. 1 Block, 1,516 links, 484 links, 1,231
links, 1,069 links, and 457 links; towards the South-
east by the Aute No. 4 Block, 5,745 links; towards
the South by the Paeroa Block, 400 links, 200 links,
1,125 links, 927 links, and 290 links; and the Wai-
ongaharakeke Block, 430 links, 658 links, 2,290 links,
and 200 links; and towards the West by lines 6,300
links and 1,483 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Thomas Roach and James Roach Trustees
under "The Maori Real Estate Management Act,
1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of November, 1876.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS 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 in-
terest therein as shall to the Governor in Council be
shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other per-
son 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 twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto be-
came vested in Marie te Rangihere and Erihapete
Taongauru, of Otaki, in the District of Wellington,
in the Province of Wellington, aboriginal Natives of
New Zealand:

And whereas the said Marie te Rangihere died
intestate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court, held at Otaki, in the province aforesaid, on
the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, Thomas Roach, a half-caste,
claimed to succeed to the interest and share of the
said Marie te Rangihere in the parcel of land
described in the said Schedule:

And it was ordered by the said Court that Thomas
Roach, James Roach, John Roach, a minor, Ellen
Roach, a minor, Mary Roach, a minor, and Elizabeth
Roach, a minor, under the age of twenty-one years,
half-castes, should succeed to the interest and share
of the said Marie te Rangihere in the hereditaments
aforesaid:

And it is expedient that the said Thomas Roach
and James Roach be appointed trustees under the
said Act, on behalf of the said John Roach, Ellen
Roach, Mary Roach, and Elizabeth Roach :

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
interests and shares of the said John Roach, Ellen
Roach, Mary Roach, and Elizabeth Roach, in the land
described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and remain
vested in the said

THOMAS ROACH and
JAMES ROACH,
as Trustees, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said John Roach, Ellen
Roach, Mary Roach, and Elizabeth Roach, during
their minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land at Otaki, in the District of
Wellington, and Province of Wellington, containing
three roods and thirty-three perches, more or less,
and called or known by the name of Pahianui No. 2B.
Bounded towards the North by a line 84 links; to-
wards the East by Pahianui No. 2c Block, 824 links;
towards the South by a line 147 links; and towards
the West by Pahianui No. 2A Block, 841 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🪶 Appointment of Pera Wheraro as Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
16 November 1876
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Land vesting, Ahuriri, Hawke's Bay
  • Pakoa, Original title holder, deceased
  • Hami Wheraro, Succeeding to interest of Pakoa
  • Pera Wheraro, Appointed as Trustee
  • Hemi Wheraro, Interest vested in Trustee

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

🪶 Appointment of Thomas Roach and James Roach as Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
16 November 1876
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Land vesting, Otaki, Wellington
8 names identified
  • Marie te Rangihere, Original title holder, deceased
  • Erihapete Taongauru, Original title holder
  • Thomas Roach, Appointed as Trustee
  • James Roach, Appointed as Trustee
  • John Roach, Beneficiary during minority
  • Ellen Roach, Beneficiary during minority
  • Mary Roach, Beneficiary during minority
  • Elizabeth Roach, Beneficiary during minority

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