✨ Land Reservations Proclamations
Aumb. 79.
941
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877.
Lands reserved under "The East Coast Act, 1868."
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The East Coast Act, 1868," it is,
among other things, enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor to set apart and reserve
for the use and maintenance of specified aboriginal
natives any part of the lands which have become lands
of the Crown in the manner described by the Act
now recited: And whereas the said several parcels
of land described in the Schedules hereto have under
the provisions of the recited Act become lands of the
Crown:
Now, therefore, I George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the said
recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
several parcels of land described in the Schedules
hereto, marked respectively A and B, shall be and
the same are hereby reserved and set apart for the
use and maintenance of the aboriginal Natives whose
names are set forth at the foot of each piece of land
in the said respective Schedules.
SCHEDULE A.
ARAI MATAWAI BLOCK.
ALL that piece or parcel of land situated in the
Poverty Bay District, known as the "Arai Matawai"
or "Waimata Reserve," containing by admeasure-
ment 4,214 acres, more or less. Bounded towards
the North by the Waimata Stream; towards the
East, 9996 links, by the Tapoto Block; towards the
South, 46139 links, partly by Native lands and partly
by the Wakaongaonga Block; and towards the West
partly by the Patutahi Block, 10280 links, and partly
by the Waimata Stream.
Names of Aboriginal Natives for whose Use and Maintenance
the above-described Piece of Land is reserved and set
apart.
Paora Kati Erueti Takihi
Rapata Whakapuhia Ani Patene
Hori Karaka Poha
Tamihana Ruatapu Miriamia Okeikei
Hirini te Kani Apera te Awahaku
Hirini Tipare Ihiraina Tuhipoto
Anaru Ratapu Ereatara Rangiwhaitiri
Otene Pitau Mere Whati
Ihaia Tamaikahakina Hamuera Kaiwhakatuku
Tame Hone Noko
Eruera Hariti Wi Paraone.
Miriama Kohukohu
SCHEDULE B.
TAPOTO BLOCK.
ALL that piece or parcel of land situated in the
Poverty Bay District, known as the "Tapoto Block,"
containing by admeasurement 400 acres, more or less.
Bounded towards the North by the Waimata Stream;
towards the East by Te Arai Stream; towards the
South, 3630 links, by Native lands; and towards the
West, 9996 links, by the Arai Matawai Stream.
Name of Aboriginal Native for whose Use and Maintenance
the above-described Piece of Land is reserved and set
apart.
Keita Waere (Kate Wyllie).
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
thirteenth day of September, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven.
DANIEL POLLEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Provisional Reserves for Educational Purposes in the
Provincial District of Taranaki.
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The Waste
Lands Administration Act, 1876," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to
time to make out of any waste lands of the Crown
provisional reserves for educational purposes of a
public character, in manner as in the said section is
set forth:
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🪶 Reservation of Arai Matawai and Tapoto Blocks for Aboriginal Natives
🪶 Māori Affairs13 September 1877
Land reservation, East Coast Act 1868, Poverty Bay District, Arai Matawai Block, Tapoto Block, Aboriginal Natives
22 names identified
- Paora Kati, Reserved land beneficiary
- Erueti Takihi, Reserved land beneficiary
- Rapata Whakapuhia, Reserved land beneficiary
- Ani Patene, Reserved land beneficiary
- Hori Karaka Poha, Reserved land beneficiary
- Tamihana Ruatapu, Reserved land beneficiary
- Miriamia Okeikei, Reserved land beneficiary
- Hirini te Kani, Reserved land beneficiary
- Apera te Awahaku, Reserved land beneficiary
- Hirini Tipare, Reserved land beneficiary
- Ihiraina Tuhipoto, Reserved land beneficiary
- Anaru Ratapu, Reserved land beneficiary
- Ereatara Rangiwhaitiri, Reserved land beneficiary
- Otene Pitau, Reserved land beneficiary
- Mere Whati, Reserved land beneficiary
- Ihaia Tamaikahakina, Reserved land beneficiary
- Hamuera Kaiwhakatuku, Reserved land beneficiary
- Tame Hone Noko, Reserved land beneficiary
- Eruera Hariti, Reserved land beneficiary
- Wi Paraone, Reserved land beneficiary
- Miriama Kohukohu, Reserved land beneficiary
- Keita Waere, Reserved land beneficiary (Kate Wyllie)
- George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor
- Daniel Pollen
🎓 Provisional Reserves for Educational Purposes in Taranaki
🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceProvisional reserves, Educational purposes, Waste Lands Administration Act 1876, Taranaki
- Normanby, Governor
NZ Gazette 1877, No 79