Maori Land Trustee Appointments




1879.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1563

ordered by the said Court that Te Paea Paata, Te
Wharepapa, Tangimereana, Heni Whakaha, and
Kawhena Nuku, infants under the age of twenty-
one years, should succeed in equal shares to the
interest and share of the said Mere Ngutuhore in
the hereditaments aforesaid; and it is expedient that
Waarana Mokomoko and Ani Matariki be appointed
trustees under the said Act, on behalf of the said
Te Paea Paata, Te Wharepapa, Tangimereana, Heni
Whakaha, and Kawhena Nuku:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the colony, in
exercise and in pursuance of the powers and autho-
rities vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby order
that the interests and shares of the
said Te Paea Paata, Te Wharepapa, Tangimereana,
Heni Whakaha, and Kawhena Nuku in the land
described in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain
vested in

WAARANA MOKOMOKO and
ANI MATARIKI,

as Trustees, within the meaning and for the pur-
poses of the said Act, for the said Te Paea Paata,
Te Wharepapa, Tangimereana, Heni Whakaha, and
Kawhena Nuku during their minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing
by admeasurement 1,073 acres, more or less, situate
at Ohiwa, in the District of Bay of Plenty, being
called or known by the name of Hiwarau. Bounded
on the North by high-water mark in Ohiwa Harbour
from the mouth of Nukuhou River to Punawai; on
the East by a road surveyed from Punawai to the
point where it first strikes Nukuhou River; on the
South and West by Nukuhou River.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Hemi Kakitu and Te Hoeroa Trustees
under "The Maori Real Estate Management Act,
1867."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of October, 1879.

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 virtue of an award of the Com-
pensation Court, bearing date the twenty-eighth day
of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four, the parcel of land and hereditaments described
in the Schedule hereto became vested in Mita Taha-
noke and others, of the District of Bay of Plenty, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, aboriginal natives
of New Zealand :

And whereas the said Mita Tahanoke died intes-
tate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Opotiki, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, Mita Putahi claimed
to succeed to the said Mita Tahanoke in the parcel of
land described in the said Schedule, and it was ordered
by the said Court that Mita Putahi, an infant under
the age of twenty-one years, should succeed to the
interest and share of the said Mita Tahanoke in the
hereditaments aforesaid; and it is expedient that
Hemi Kakitu and Te Hoeroa be appointed trustees
under the said Act, on behalf of the said Mita
Putahi:

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

HEMI KAKITU and
TE HOEROA,

as Trustees, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Mita Putahi during his
minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing
by admeasurement 1,073 acres, more or less, situate
at Ohiwa, in the District of Bay of Plenty, being
called or known by the name of Hiwarau. Bounded
on the North by high-water mark in Ohiwa Harbour,
from the mouth of Nukuhou River to Punawai; on
the East by a road surveyed from Punawai to the
point where it first strikes Nukuhou River; and on
the South and West by Nukuhou River.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Maraea Merehana Trustee under "The
Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1876."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of October, 1879.

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 virtue of an award of the Com-
pensation Court, bearing date the twenty-eighth day
of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four, the parcel of land and hereditaments described
in the Schedule hereto became vested in Matiu Hau-
tu, of the District of Bay of Plenty, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, an aboriginal native of New
Zealand:

And whereas the said Matiu Hautu died intestate :

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Opotiki, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, on the eighteenth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, Te Meihana, Akiaha
Harata, and Maa Matiu claimed to succeed to the
said Matiu Hautu in the parcel of land described in



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🪶 Trustees appointed for minors succeeding Mere Ngutuhore's interest (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
28 October 1879
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Land vesting, Ohiwa, minors
7 names identified
  • Paata Te Paea, Infant succeeding interest in land
  • Te Wharepapa, Infant succeeding interest in land
  • Tangimereana, Infant succeeding interest in land
  • Whakaha Heni, Infant succeeding interest in land
  • Nuku Kawhena, Infant succeeding interest in land
  • Mokomoko Waarana, Appointed as Trustee
  • Matariki Ani, Appointed as Trustee

  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Hemi Kakitu and Te Hoeroa as Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867

🪶 Māori Affairs
28 October 1879
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Land vesting, Opotiki, Auckland, Mita Putahi
  • Tahanoke Mita, Original interest holder who died intestate
  • Putahi Mita, Infant succeeding interest in land
  • Kakitu Hemi, Appointed as Trustee
  • Te Hoeroa, Appointed as Trustee

  • HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Maraea Merehana as Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1876

🪶 Māori Affairs
28 October 1879
Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Land vesting, Opotiki, Auckland, Matiu Hautu
  • Hautu Matiu, Original interest holder who died intestate
  • Te Meihana, Claimed to succeed interest in land
  • Harata Akiaha, Claimed to succeed interest in land
  • Matiu Maa, Claimed to succeed interest in land
  • Merehana Maraea, Appointed as Trustee

  • HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor