Railway Proclamation and Maori Affairs




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Auckland to Puniu is one of the railways specified | title to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue
in the said Fourth Schedule, and the same is un- | to any Maoris, who or any of whom shall be infants,
finished, and it has been determined to construct and | and lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful
maintain a further portion of such railway :
for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, | that such hereditaments, or any part thereof or
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony | interest therein as shall to the Governor in Council
of New Zealand, in exercise and in pursuance of the | be shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other
powers and authorities conferred on me by "The | person under legal disability, shall be vested in
Public Works Act, 1876," and in exercise of every | trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit:
other power and authority enabling me in that be- | And whereas by virtue of a Certificate of Title
half, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle | bearing date the seventeenth day of June, one thou-
line of the said further portion of the said railway | sand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the parcel of
shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule | land and hereditaments described in the Schedule
hereto, and that the two termini of the said line shall | hereto was certified to belong to Arareina Tororangi
be a point on the Onehunga Branch of the Auck- | and others, of the District of Ahuriri, in the Province
land to Puniu Railway, and a point below low water- | of Hawke's Bay, aboriginal natives of New Zealand:
mark in the Manukau Harbour. The said middle | And whereas the said Arareina Tororangi died
line and the land through which the same passes are | intestate :
set forth in the map and plan marked P.W.D. 5710, | And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
and authenticated for the purposes of this Procla- | held at Napier, in the province aforesaid, on the
mation by the signature of the Honorable John | fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred
Davies Ormond, Minister for Public Works, and | and seventy-six, Erikira claimed to succeed to the
which said map and plan is deposited in the Office of | interest of the said Arareina Tororangi in the parcel
the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland.
| of land described in the said Schedule:

SCHEDULE.
And it was ordered by the said Court that Erikira,
COMMENCING at a point at 8 miles 2½ chains, or there- | Paora Heru, Nere Hira, and Erueti Ngamua Hira,
abouts, on the Onehunga Branch of the Auckland | infants under the age of twenty-one years, should
to Puniu Railway, proclaimed in the New Zealand | succeed to the interest of the said Arareina Tororangi
Gazette, No. 40, of 12th August, 1872, and proceed- | in the hereditaments aforesaid:
ing thence in a generally south-westerly direction 580 | And it is expedient that Atareta Mangumangu
links or thereabouts, 212 links or thereabouts, 535 | and Hira te Rauparaha be appointed trustees under
links or thereabouts; and terminating at a point | the said Act on behalf of the said Erikira, Paora
below low watermark in the Manukau Harbour | Heru, Nere Hira, and Erueti Ngamua Hira.
distant from the first-named point 1327 links or | Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
thereabouts, in the manner delineated on the map | New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
and plan marked P.W.D. 5710, signed by the | Executive Council of the Colony, in exercise and in
Honorable John Davies Ormond, Minister for Public | pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
Works, deposited in the office of the Registrar of | him by the said Act, doth hereby order that the
the Supreme Court, at Auckland, the total length | interest and shares of the said Erikira, Paora Heru,
being 1327 links or thereabouts.
Nere Hira, and Erueti Ngamua Hira in the land

described in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain
Given under the hand of His Excellency the | vested in
Most Honorable George Augustus Con- | ATARETA MANGUMANGU and
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of | HIRA TE RAUPARAHA,
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron | as Trustees within the meaning and for the purposes
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County | of the said Act for the said Erikira, Paora Heru,
of York, in the Peerage of the United | Nere Hira, and Erueti Ngamua Hira during their
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New | minority.
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the |
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her | SCHEDULE.
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun- | ALL that piece or parcel of land at Whenuakura, in
cil; Knight Commander of the Most | the District of Ahuriri, in the Provincial District of
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael | Hawke's Bay, and called or known by the name of
and Saint George; Governor and Com- | Whenuakura, containing by admeasurement three
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's | hundred and sixty-seven acres, be the same more or
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen- | less. Bounded towards the North by the Awanui
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; | Stream; towards the North-east by a branch of the
and issued under the Seal of the said | said stream; towards the East by the Tauranga
Colony, at the Government House, at | Kawau Block 2900 links and 1860 links; towards the
Wellington, this fifteenth day of May, | South-east by lines 925 links, 1352 links, and 4380
in the year of our Lord one thousand | links; and towards the West by the Te Aute Road
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
| and by the Awanui Stream aforesaid.
J. D. ORMOND.
FORSTER GORING,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Atareta Mangumangu and Hira te Raupa- | Appointing Edward Walter Puckey and Harata Patene
raha Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate | Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
Management Act, 1867."
ment Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this | At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of May, 1877.
eleventh day of May, 1877.
Present:
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
W HEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage- | W HEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867," it is enacted, that if any title | ment Act, 1867," it is enacted, that if any title



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🏗️ Proclamation defining middle line of Auckland to Puniu Railway Extension (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
15 May 1877
Railway construction, Auckland, Puniu, Manukau Harbour, land survey, proclamation
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand
  • John Davies Ormond, Minister for Public Works
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Vesting of Maori Land Interests in Trustees for Successors of Arareina Tororangi

🪶 Māori Affairs
11 May 1877
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act 1867, Hawke's Bay, land vesting, succession
7 names identified
  • Arareina Tororangi, Deceased owner of certified land
  • Erikira, Claimed succession to interest
  • Paora Heru, Infant successor to interest
  • Nere Hira, Infant successor to interest
  • Erueti Ngamua Hira, Infant successor to interest
  • Atareta Mangumangu, Appointed trustee for successors
  • Hira te Rauparaha, Appointed trustee for successors

  • Governor in Council

🪶 Appointment of Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Act (Puckey & Patene)

🪶 Māori Affairs
11 May 1877
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act 1867, land management
  • Edward Walter Puckey, Appointed trustee under Act
  • Harata Patene, Appointed trustee under Act

  • NORMANBY, Governor