✨ Maori Land Trustee Appointments
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 545
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 ninth day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-three, the parcel of
land and hereditaments described in the Schedule
hereto was certified to belong to Eparaima te
Wheoro and others, of the District of Coromandel, in
the Province of Auckland, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand:
And whereas the said Eparaima te Wheoro died in-
testate:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court held at Kapanga, in the province aforesaid,
on the thirtieth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three, Wiremu te Tarapa
claimed to succeed to the interest of the said
Eparaima te Wheoro in the parcel of land described
in the said Schedule:
And it was ordered by the said Court that Tereha
Kahutopuni, an infant under the age of twenty-one
years, should succeed to the interest of the said
Eparaima te Wheoro in the hereditaments aforesaid:
And it is expedient that Edward Walter Puckey
and Harata Patene be appointed trustees under the
said Act on behalf of the said Tereha Kahutopuni.
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 Tereha Kahutopuni in
the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be
and remain vested in
EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY, Esq., and HARATA
PATENE,
as Trustees within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Tereha Kahutopuni
during her minority.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land at Whitianga, in the
District of Coromandel, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, and called or known by the name of Te
Weiti Nos. 1, 2, and 3, containing by admeasure-
ment 6374 acres, be the same more or less. Bounded
towards the North-west by the Opitonui Block 263
links, 252 links, 200 links, 233 links, 181 links, 283
links, 268 links, 516 links, 339 links, 254 links, 634
links, 276 links, 169 links, 647 links, 200 links, 282 links,
229 links, 532 links, 212 links, 169 links, 219 links,
490 links, 283 links, 491 links, 260 links, 195 links,
313 links, 295 links, 163 links, 182 links, 253 links,
365 links, 185 links, 152 links, 184 links, 139 links,
161 links, 100 links, 151 links, 191 links, 198 links,
358 links, 378 links, 408 links, 212 links, 181 links,
206 links, 416 links, 318 links, 575 links, 344 links,
369 links, 192 links, 316 links, 219 links, 335 links,
183 links, 191 links, 182 links, 238 links, 257 links,
216 links, 141 links, 122 links, 136 links, 257 links,
178 links, 234 links, 407 links, 278 links, 190 links,
231 links, 429 links, 139 links, 190 links, 142 links,
185 links, 353 links, 257 links, 321 links, 192 links,
308 links, 169 links, 242 links, 182 links, 243 links,
328 links, 344 links, 336 links, 312 links, 350 links,
200 links, 512 links, 438 links, 343 links, 141 links,
168 links, 681 links, 256 links, 941 links, 784 links,
and 229 links; by lines 887 links, 975 links, 329
links, 372 links, 900 links, 295 links, 498 links, 419
links, 498 links, and 832 links; by the Moewai Block
359 links, 645 links, 283 links, and 385 links; by the
Ngarahutunoa Block 306 links, 322 links, 282 links,
208 links, 455 links, 428 links, 245 links, 504 links,
248 links, 398 links, 572 links, 330 links, and 1000
links; by the Ngarahutunoa Creek, by the said
Ngarahutunoa Block, 500 links and 2210 links; by
the said creek, by the said Ngarahutunoa Block, 100
links, 897 links, and 82 links; by the aforesaid Moewai
Block 2952 links and 77 links; by the Taputapuatae
Creek and by the Arerowero Block 50 links and
370 links; towards the East by the Mercury Bay and
the Whitianga Harbour; towards the South-east by
the Whakau Block 2814 links, 4049 links, 15423
links, and 4260 links, the Weiti Creek, the Whitia-
nga River, the Whangamaroro River, the Waitapu
Creek, the Weiti No. 4 Block 2320 links, 2064
links, and 3220 links, the said Whangamaroro River,
the Waiparapara Creek, the Kaimarama Block 460
links, 643 links, 300 links, 193 links, 236 links, 386
links, 237 links, 434 links, 242 links, 303 links, 318
links, 369 links, 203 links, 214 links, 208 links, 749
links, 251 links, 374 links, 270 links, 229 links, 408
links, 314 links, 236 links, 199 links, a stream, the
Mahakirau Creek, and by the said Kaimarama Block
915 links, 4298 links, 895 links, 474 links, 740 links,
222 links, 898 links, 1854 links, 2194 links, 3114 links,
and 383 links; towards the West by the Mahakirau
Block 623 links, 382 links, 248 links, 458 links, 615
links, 470 links, 688 links, 660 links, 883 links, 397
links, 489 links, 180 links, and 2500 links, the
Takinga Wairua Stream, and by the said Mahakirau
Block 111 links, 432 links, 840 links, 643 links, 630
links, and 332 links; and towards the South by the
said Mahakirau Block 12935 links, 1225 links, 380
links, 180 links, 386 links, 558 links, 2450 links, 510
links, and 1442 links.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Appointing Wiremu Turipona and Tautoru Tawa
Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867."
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of May, 1877.
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 an Order bearing date the seven-
teenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five, the parcel of land and hereditaments
described in the Schedule hereto was certified to
belong to Kipa and others, their heirs and assigns, of
the District of the Thames, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, aboriginal natives of New Zealand:
And whereas the said Kipa died intestate, and with-
out having made a valid disposal of his interest in
the said land or any part thereof:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court, held at Shortland, Thames, in the district
aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of April, one
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Appointment of Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Act (Puckey & Patene)
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🪶 Māori Affairs11 May 1877
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act 1867, land vesting, Coromandel, infant successor, land schedule
- Eparaima te Wheoro, Interest holder who died intestate
- Wiremu te Tarapa, Claimed succession to interest
- Tereha Kahutopuni, Infant succeeding to interest
- Edward Walter Puckey (Esquire), Appointed Trustee for successor
- Harata Patene, Appointed Trustee for successor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
🪶 Appointing Wiremu Turipona and Tautoru Tawa Trustees under The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867.
🪶 Māori Affairs11 May 1877
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act 1867, land vesting, Thames, infant successor
- Kipa, Original interest holder who died intestate
- Wiremu Turipona, Appointed Trustee for successor
- Tautoru Tawa, Appointed Trustee for successor
- Normanby, Governor
NZ Gazette 1877, No 44