Maori Land Trustee Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 551

District of Hokianga, in the Province of Auckland,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand:
And whereas the said Petera (otherwise known as
Petera Mawhiti) died intestate:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court, held at Herds Point, Hokianga, in the Northern
District, in the province aforesaid, on the thirty-first
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six, Rirena claimed to succeed to the interest
and share of the said Petera (otherwise known as
Petera Mawhiti) in the parcel of land described in
the said Schedule:
And it was ordered by the said Court that Ngaro-
iwi Petera and Ngahou Petera, infants under the
age of twenty-one years, should succeed to the in-
terest of the said Petera (otherwise known as Petera
Mawhiti) in the hereditaments aforesaid:
And it is expedient that Tere te Hau be appointed
trustee under the said Act on behalf of the said
Ngaroiwi Petera and Ngahou Petera:
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 Ngaroiwi Petera and
Ngahou Petera in the land described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and remain vested in
TERE TE HAU,
as Trustee within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Ngaroiwi Petera and
Ngahou Petera during their minority.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland,
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admea-
surement four hundred and thirty-five (435) acres
and three (3) roods, more or less, situate at Waikare,
in the District of Hokianga, County of Hokianga,
being called or known by the name of "Waikare,"
and numbered two thousand and seventeen (2017).
Bounded towards the North-east by lines one
thousand one hundred and fifteen (1115) links, two
thousand seven hundred and forty-five (2745) links,
and two thousand two hundred and forty-five (2245)
links; towards the South-east by the Taikarawa
Block six thousand nine hundred and forty-three
(6943) links; towards the South-west by the Sea;
and towards the North-west by the Waitaha Block
six thousand five hundred and five (6505) links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Tere te Hau Trustee under "The Maori
Real Estate Management 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.

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 ninth day of February, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-one, the parcel of
land and hereditaments described in the Schedule was
certified to belong to Petera and others, of the
District of Hokianga, in the Province of Auckland,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand:
And whereas the said Petera died intestate:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Herds Point, Hokianga, in the Northern Dis-
trict, in the province aforesaid, on the thirty-first
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six, Ngarowiwi Petera claimed to succeed
to the interest and share of the said Petera in
the parcel of land described in the said Schedule:
And it was ordered by the said Court that Ngaroiwi
Petera and Ngahou Petera, infants under the age of
twenty-one years, should succeed to the heredita-
ments aforesaid:
And it is expedient that Tere te Hau be appointed
trustee under the said Act on behalf of the said
Ngaroiwi Petera and Ngahou Petera.
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 Ngaroiwi Petera and
Ngahou Petera in the land described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and remain vested in
TERE TE HAU,
as Trustee within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Ngaroiwi Petera and
Ngahou Petera during their minority.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land at Taikaraua, in
the District of Hokianga, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, and called or known by the name of
Taikaraua, containing by admeasurement 345 acres and
3 roods, be the same more or less. Bounded towards
the North-east by lines 6100 links and 197 links;
towards the South-east by the Moetangi Block 6367
links; towards the South-west by the sea; and towards
the North-west by the Waikare Block 6943 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Paora Tuhaere and Te Otene Kikokiko
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.

W
HEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867," (hereinafter called "the said
Act,") 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 here-
ditaments, 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 twenty-
first day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six, under the hand of John Jermyn
Symonds, Esquire, Judge of the Native Land Court,



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🪶 Appointment of Tere te Hau as Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Act (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
11 May 1877
Trustee appointment, Land vesting, Infants, Hokianga, Waikare, Petera Mawhiti
6 names identified
  • Petera, Deceased landowner
  • Petera Mawhiti, Deceased landowner
  • Rirena, Claimed succession interest
  • Ngaroiwi Petera, Infant succeeding to land interest
  • Ngahou Petera, Infant succeeding to land interest
  • Tere te Hau, Appointed Trustee

  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • Normanby, Governor

🪶 Appointment of Paora Tuhaere and Te Otene Kikokiko as Trustees

🪶 Māori Affairs
11 May 1877
Trustee appointment, Land vesting, Native Land Court, John Jermyn Symonds
  • Paora Tuhaere, Appointed Trustee
  • Te Otene Kikokiko, Appointed Trustee

  • Normanby, Governor
  • John Jermyn Symonds, Esquire, Judge of the Native Land Court