Māori Land Trustees Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the Act first above mentioned, except the powers
under or conferred by subsections five and ten of
section five and section eleven, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the "Clyde
(Hawke’s Bay) Domain Board":—

GEORGE BRIDGER FLINT,
HENRY FLINT,
ARTHUR POYZER,
WILLIAM FOSTER SHAW,
JAMES WILLIAM WITTY

(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the
stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

  1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of
    business on the first Monday in each month, at seven
    o’clock in the evening, at the office of the Chairman,
    or at such other place as may from time to time be
    fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held
    on Monday, the third day of February, one thousand
    eight hundred and seventy-nine.

  2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chair-
    man, or by any two members of the Board, provided
    that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to
    each member, specifying the business to be transacted
    at such special meeting; and no other business than
    that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

  3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum.
    Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

  4. The members of the Board shall at their first
    meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be
    held on the first Monday in January in every suc-
    ceeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be
    Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall
    have an original as well as a casting vote. The
    Chairman shall hold office until the election of his
    successor.

  5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present
    at the time appointed for holding the same, the mem-
    bers present shall choose some one of their number
    to be Chairman of such meeting.

  6. If by resignation, death, or incapacity, or other-
    wise, the office of Chairman shall be or become
    vacant, the members may at any monthly or special
    meeting appoint a Chairman.

  7. All questions shall be determined by the majority
    of votes of the members of the Board present at a
    meeting.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.


Appointing Hamuera Takurua and Hohepa Tinirau Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of December, 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, 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 an order of Court
bearing date the twenty-eighth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the parcel
of land and hereditaments described in the Schedule
hereof became vested in Maniapoto te Hina and
others, of the District of Taupo, in the Province of
Auckland, aboriginal natives of New Zealand:

And whereas the said Maniapoto te Hina died in-
testate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court, held at Oruanui, in the Province of Auckland,
on the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two, Hemopo claimed to
succeed to the said Maniapoto te Hina in the parcel
of land described in the said Schedule, and it was
ordered by the said Court that Wi Maihi Maniapoto,
Tawhira, Te Hau, Motutaiko, Meri Pariteko, Te
Rangi, Tukorehu, Karipa, Kapu, and Ngote, should
succeed to the interest and share of the said Mania-
poto te Hina in the hereditaments aforesaid.

And whereas the said Tawhira, Te Hau, Motutaiko,
Meri Pariteko, Te Rangi, Tukorehu, Karipa, Kapu,
and Ngote are infants under the age of twenty-one
years; and it is expedient that Hamuera Takurua
and Hohepa Tinirau be appointed Trustees under
the said Act, on behalf of the said Tawhira, Te Hau,
Motutaiko, Meri Pariteko, Te Rangi, Tukorehu,
Karipa, Kapu, and Ngote:

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 Tawhira, Te Hau, Motutaiko,
Meri Pariteko, Te Rangi, Tukorehu, Karipa, Kapu,
and Ngote in the land described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and remain vested in

HAMUERA TAKURUA and
HOHEPA TINIRAU,

as Trustees, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Tawhira, Te Hau, Motu-
aiko, Meri Pariteko, Te Rangi, Tukorehu, Karipa,
Kapu, and Ngote during their minority.


SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing
by admeasurement 106,080 acres, more or less, situate
at Taupo, in the District of Taupo, being called or
known by the name of Tauhara Middle. Bounded
on the South by the Tauhara South Block, from
Otutete to the point of intersection with the boun-
dary of the Wharetoto Block; thence along the
boundary of the Wharetoto Block to Te Poanohoa,
on the Rangitaiki River; thence down the Rangitaiki
River to the point of its intersection with the boun-
dary of Kaingaroa No. 2 Block, along that boundary
to Hipuina; thence in a straight line to the Waikato
River, at its junction with the Awa-o-te-Rurau;
thence along the Waikato to the Taupo Lake, along
the shore of the lake to Otutete: excepting that
portion of Te Huka claim that lies within these
boundaries, between Otaitaia and Te Ripo: except-
ing also the Otumukeke Block, from Otumukeke to
Te Ruahine.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.


Appointing Mere Hapi and Wikitoria Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of December, 1878.

Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.



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🗺️ Delegation of powers to Clyde (Hawke's Bay) Domain Board. (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
31 December 1878
Order in Council, Power delegation, Domain Board, Public Domains Act, Hawke's Bay
  • George Bridger Flint, Appointed to Clyde (Hawke's Bay) Domain Board
  • Henry Flint, Appointed to Clyde (Hawke's Bay) Domain Board
  • Arthur Poyzer, Appointed to Clyde (Hawke's Bay) Domain Board
  • William Foster Shaw, Appointed to Clyde (Hawke's Bay) Domain Board
  • James William Witty, Appointed to Clyde (Hawke's Bay) Domain Board

  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Trustees under the Māori Real Estate Management Act, 1867

🪶 Māori Affairs
24 December 1878
Trustees, Māori Real Estate Management Act, Taupo, Land Trust, Infants
14 names identified
  • Maniapoto te Hina, Deceased landowner
  • Hemopo, Claimed succession to Maniapoto te Hina
  • Wi Maihi Maniapoto, Succession to Maniapoto te Hina
  • Tawhira, Minor beneficiary
  • Te Hau, Minor beneficiary
  • Motutaiko, Minor beneficiary
  • Meri Pariteko, Minor beneficiary
  • Te Rangi, Minor beneficiary
  • Tukorehu, Minor beneficiary
  • Karipa, Minor beneficiary
  • Kapu, Minor beneficiary
  • Ngote, Minor beneficiary
  • Hamuera Takurua, Appointed Trustee
  • Hohepa Tinirau, Appointed Trustee

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

🪶 Schedule of Land for Trusteeship

🪶 Māori Affairs
24 December 1878
Land description, Tauhara Middle, Taupo, Māori land
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Trustees under the Māori Real Estate Management Act, 1867

🪶 Māori Affairs
24 December 1878
Trustees, Māori Real Estate Management Act, Land Trust
  • Mere Hapi, Appointed Trustee
  • Wikitoria, Appointed Trustee

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