Native Land Claim Rehearings




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1691

(No. 2)" it is enacted that, notwithstanding any-
thing contained in the provisions of any Act relating
to Native lands in force, it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, within six months after the
passing of that Act, to order that there shall be a
rehearing before the Native Land Court, in the
manner provided by "The Native Land Act, 1873,"
of the claim of Hori More, an aboriginal native, of
the District of Hauraki, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, to a block of Native land known as "Te
Hape South No. 1," situate at Hauraki, in the pro-
vincial district aforesaid:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Exe-
cutive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order
and direct that the said claim of
HORI MORE
to the piece of land aforesaid shall be reheard before
the Native Land Court, in the manner provided by
"The Native Land Act, 1873;" and, with the like
advice and consent, doth also order that such rehear-
ing shall take place within six months from the date
hereof.

FRED. LE PATOUREL,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of November, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fifty-eighth section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873" (hereinafter referred
to as "the said Act"), it is enacted that, upon the
application of any persons interested in any Native
land who may feel themselves aggrieved by the de-
cision of the Native Land Court in respect thereof,
the Governor in Council may order a rehearing of
any matter heard and decided under the provisions
of the said Act, within such a period of time from
the publication of the decision and memorial of
ownership, in manner in the said Act required, as
may be limited in such order; and upon such order
being made, all proceedings theretofore taken by the
Court in such matter shall be annulled, and the case
shall commence de novo, and shall proceed in manner
provided by the said Act: Provided that no appli-
cation for a rehearing shall be entertained if it be
made after six months shall have elapsed from the
time of such publication:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court of New Zealand, at Napier, in the District of
Hawke's Bay, in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, the claim of Arihi te
Nahu, an aboriginal native of New Zealand, to suc-
ceed to the hereditaments of Hetekia Tahatu in the
Whenuakura Block, in the said district, was heard
and decided, and a certain order was thereupon made
by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the eighth day of Sep-
tember, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six,
an application was made by and on behalf of certain
aboriginal natives claiming to have an interest in the
said land, for a rehearing of the said claim, and it is
expedient that the said claim should be reheard
before the said Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Exe-
cutive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order
and direct that the said claim of Arihi te Nahu and
others to the piece of land aforesaid shall be reheard
as and in the manner provided by "The Native Land
Act, 1873," and doth also order that such rehearing
shall take place within three years from the said
twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.

FRED. LE PATOUREL,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing E. W. Puckey Trustee under "The Maori
Real Estate Management Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of November, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS 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, or 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 fifteenth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight, under the hand of John Jermyn Symonds,
Esquire, Judge of the Native Land Court, under the
seal of the said Court, it was ordered that a memorial
of the ownership of Tamaiwhina and others to the
land and hereditaments described in the Schedule
hereto be inscribed on the Court rolls:

And whereas the said Tamaiwhina is an infant
under the age of twenty-one years, and it is expe-
dient that Edward Walter Puckey, Esquire, be ap-
pointed trustee under the said Act, on behalf of the
said Tamaiwhina:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the colony, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
him by the said Act, doth hereby order that the
interest and share of the said Tamaiwhina in the
land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and
remain vested in

EDWARD WALTER PUCKEY, Esq.,
as Trustee, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Tamaiwhina during his
minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, containing by admeasurement 8,470 acres,
more or less, situate at Waihou, in the District of
Thames, being called or known by the name of Wai-
harakeke East, and being No. 2723. Bounded
towards the North-east by lines, 50216 links; towards
the South and South-west by the Wairere and
Waihou Rivers, 79700 links; and towards the North-
west by Te Aroha Block, 22260 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less.

FRED. LE PATOUREL,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🪶 Order in Council regarding rehearing of Hori More's claim (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
26 November 1878
Rehearing, Native Land Court, Hauraki, Auckland, Te Hape South No. 1
  • Hori More, Claim to land reheard

  • FRED. LE PATOUREL, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Order in Council for rehearing of Arihi te Nahu's claim

🪶 Māori Affairs
26 November 1878
Order in Council, Native Land Court, Rehearing, Hawke's Bay, Whenuakura Block
  • Arihi te Nahu, Claim to land reheard
  • Hetekia Tahatu, Hereditaments subject of claim

  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • FRED. LE PATOUREL, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
26 November 1878
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Infant, Waihou, Auckland
  • Tamaiwhina, Interest in land vested in trustee
  • Edward Walter Puckey (Esquire), Appointed Trustee for Tamaiwhina

  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • John Jermyn Symonds, Esquire, Judge of the Native Land Court
  • FRED. LE PATOUREL, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council