New Zealand Gazette – 1877 – No. 22

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✨ Bilingual Native Land Claim Notices

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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HE PANUITANGA I RARO I TE TURE WHENUA MAORI, 1873-74

Ki nga tangata e whai take ana ki te whenua kia mohiotia ai te wahi me te ra e tu ai te Kooti hei
whakawa i o ratou take.

NA, he Panuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai, ko te take a nga tangata no ratou nga ingoa e mau nei i te
rarangi tuatahi i raro nei, ki nga piihi whenua e mau nei i te rarangi tuarua, ka whakawakia a te 29
o nga ra o Maehe, 1877, e te Kooti Whenua Maori, ki Hoterene Taone. Ko nga tangata katoa e whai
tikanga ana mo aua whenua me haere ki reira.

Ka oti te whakawa, ka puta te Tuhinga Whakamaharatanga Take ki te hunga i kitea tona tika e te
Kooti: heoi ano, he tino whakaotinga tena; ekore rawa e tika kia peke mai tetahi tangata ki muri.

Kooti Whenua Maori,
Akarana, Pepuere 27, 1877.

NA TIKI,
Tino Kaituhituhi.

Ko nga ingoa o nga tangata no ratou nga piihi.	Te ingoa o te whenua me te Takiwa hoki.	Nga rohe.	Ko te takoto- ranga o te mapi.
Te Hira Te Tuiri, Riria Karepe, Te Hotene	Waokauri, Nama 1, e tata ana ki Piako	Kei te mapi nga rohe	Ka kitea nga mapi o nga whenua kua oti te ruri ki te Tari o te Kaititiro mapi i Akarana.
Ropata Te Pokiha, Haata Paaka, Te Wano Te Paura, Hone Te Kuti	Waokauri, Nama 2, e tata ana ki Piako	Kei te mapi nga rohe
Rota Tamatea, Wini Ke- rei Te Whetuiti, Hone Kuti, Wata Hangata, Hira Haua	Whakakapua, e tata ana ki Waitoa	Kei te mapi nga rohe
Wata Tipa, Maraea Te Otatu	Wharikiriki, e tata ana ki Piako	Kei te mapi nga rohe

NATIVE LAND ACT, 1873.
Notice of Claim. (Section 36.)

TO the District Officer, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Inspector of Surveys, and Native Reserves
Commissioner, and to all others whom it may concern :
Notice is hereby given, that the persons named in the first column of the Schedule hereto, on behalf
of themselves or the hapus mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule, have duly given notice
that they claim to be interested in the pieces of land named and described in the third column of the said
Schedule respectively; and that they desire that their respective claims should be investigated by the
Native Land Court, in order that Memorials of Ownership may be issued for the same. And the said
claimants admit the persons or hapus mentioned in the fourth column of the said Schedule to be also
interested in the said land.

Dated this 28th day of February, 1877.

A. J. DICKEY,
Chief Clerk.

Names of Applicants.	Hapu.	Description and Name of Land.	Other Owners admitted.
Te Hira Te Tuiri, Riria Karepe, and Te Hotene	Ngatitamatera ...	Waokauri No. 1. The boundaries are shown on the map.
Rapata Te Pokiha, Hata Paka, and Te Wano Te Paura	Ngatipaoa, Te Uriwha	Waokauri No. 2. The boundaries are shown on the map	Hone Kuti.
Rota Tamatea, Wini Ke- rei Te Whetuiti, and Kone Kuti	Ngatipaoa ...	Whakakapua. The boundaries are shown on the map.	Wata Hangata and Hira Haua
Wata Tipa, and Maraea Te Otatu	Ngatipaoa ...	Wharikiriki. The boundaries are shown on the map.

TURE WHAKAWA WHENUA MAORI, 1873. 16 8
He Panuitanga Kereme Tenei.

NO TE TAKIWA O TE TEMU.

KI Te Apiha o te Takiwa, ki te Komihana o nga Whenua o te Karauna, ki te Tumuaki Kaititiro Mapi
ki te Komihana o nga Whenua Rahui Maori, ki era atu ano hoki e whai tikanga ana ki tenei mea.
He Panuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua tae mai te whakaatu o nga tangata e mau nei o ratou ingoa
i te rarangi tuatahi o te Kupu Apiti e mau ake nei, e ki ana e whai tikangi ana ratou me o ratou hapu, e
mau ake nei nga ingoa i te rarangi tuarua, ki nga piihi whenua i te rarangi tuatoru e ki mai ana hoki e
hiahia ana ratou kia whakawakia o ratou take ki aua whenua e te Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori, he mea

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1877, No 22

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Schedule of Native Land Claims for Investigation by Maori Land Court (continued from previous page)

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated28 February 1877
KeywordsNative Land Court, Claim investigation, Schedule, Waokauri, Whakakapua, Wharikiriki, Maori, Land ownership
👱🏽 Names

28 names identified

Te Hira Te Tuiri, Claimant in Waokauri No. 1
Riria Karepe, Claimant in Waokauri No. 1
Te Hotene, Claimant in Waokauri No. 1
Ropata Te Pokiha, Claimant in Waokauri No. 2
Haata Paaka, Claimant in Waokauri No. 2
Te Wano Te Paura, Claimant in Waokauri No. 2
Hone Te Kuti, Claimant in Waokauri No. 2
Rota Tamatea, Claimant in Whakakapua
Wini Ke- rei Te Whetuiti, Claimant in Whakakapua
Hone Kuti, Claimant in Whakakapua
Wata Hangata, Admitted owner in Whakakapua
Hira Haua, Admitted owner in Whakakapua
Wata Tipa, Claimant in Wharikiriki
Maraea Te Otatu, Claimant in Wharikiriki
Te Hira Te Tuiri, Applicant for land claim investigation
Riria Karepe, Applicant for land claim investigation
Te Hotene, Applicant for land claim investigation
Rapata Te Pokiha, Applicant for land claim investigation
Hata Paka, Applicant for land claim investigation
Te Wano Te Paura, Applicant for land claim investigation
Hone Kuti, Admitted owner
Rota Tamatea, Applicant for land claim investigation
Wini Ke- rei Te Whetuiti, Applicant for land claim investigation
Kone Kuti, Applicant for land claim investigation
Wata Hangata, Admitted owner
Hira Haua, Admitted owner
Wata Tipa, Applicant for land claim investigation
Maraea Te Otatu, Applicant for land claim investigation

👩‍💼 Officials

Tiki, Chief Clerk
A. J. Dickey, Chief Clerk

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