✨ Maori Land Trustee Appointments
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Opuawhanga Block aforesaid, 3793 links, to Okupe,
including the three adjacent islets named Okupe,
Komokoraia, and Te Ruatahi respectively, bounded
on all sides by high-water line on the shores of the
said islets.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Appointing Te Para and Waiheke Arapiu Trustees
under "The Maori Real Estate Management
Act, 1867."
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 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 hereditaments, 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 a Crown grant bearing
date the fourteenth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five, the parcel of land
and hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Meri Waiheke, otherwise called
Meri Tomoriri, of the Northern District, in the
Province of Auckland, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand:
And whereas the said Meri Waiheke died in-
testate:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Ohaeawai, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, on the ninth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, Rihipeti te Paki
te Ripi claimed to succeed to the said Meri Waiheke
in the parcel of land described in the said Schedule,
and it was ordered by the said Court that Tuhingaio,
an infant under the age of twenty-one years, should
succeed to the interest and share of the said Meri
Waiheke in the hereditaments aforesaid; and it is
expedient that Te Para and Waiheke Arapiu be
appointed trustees under the said Act, on behalf of
the said Tuhingaio:
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
interest and share of the said Meri Waiheke in the
land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and
remain vested in
TE PARA, and
WAIHEKE ARAPIU,
as Trustees, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Tuhingaio during her
minority.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland,
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by ad-
measurement 156 acres, more or less, situate at
Kaikohe, in the Northern District, being called or
known by the name of Onemaroke. Bounded to-
wards the North by a stream; towards the North-
east by a line, 2600 links; towards the South-east by
the Tokakopuru Block, 2902 links, the Otauramokoko
Creek, and the Pehipunga Creek; towards the South-
west by the said Tokakopuru Block, 1320 links; and
towards the North-west by lines 3800 links and 1192
links.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Appointing Hohipaea Hare Matenga Trustee under
"The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867."
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 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 in-
terest in any hereditaments shall accrue to any
Maoris, who or any of them 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, 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 a Crown grant bearing
date the twentieth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, the parcel of land
and hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Wiremu te Hau and others, of the
District of Bay of Islands, in the Province of Auck-
land, aboriginal natives of New Zealand:
And whereas the said Wiremu te Hau died intes-
tate:
And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Ohaeawai, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, on the ninth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, Hana Hare Matenga
claimed to succeed to the said Wiremu te Hau in
the parcel of land described in the said Schedule, and
it was ordered by the said Court that Raira te Hau
and Akinihi te Hau, infants under the age of twenty-
one years, should succeed to the interest and share
of the said Wiremu te Hau in the hereditaments
aforesaid; and it is expedient that Hohipaea Hare
Matenga be appointed trustee under the said Act, on
behalf of the said Raira te Hau and Akinihi te
Hau:
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 in-
terests and shares of the said Raira te Hau and
Akinihi te Hau in the land described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and remain vested in
HOHIPAEA HARE MATENGA
as Trustee, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Raira te Hau and
Akinihi te Hau during their minority.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland,
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by ad-
measurement 690 acres, more or less, situate at
Pakaraka, in the District of Bay of Islands, being
called or known by the name of Porotu. Bounded
towards the North by land the property of S. Hutton
and J. W. Williams, 1947 links, 3006 links, 3609
links, and 905 links; towards the East by the Nga-
tahuna Creek and by the Horena Block, 2580 links,
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Appointment of Trustees for Maori land interest in Auckland under 1867 Act.
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🪶 Māori Affairs15 February 1879
Maori Real Estate Management Act, Trustees, Land vesting, Auckland, Native Land Court, Hori te Ngere
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
🪶 Appointment of Te Para and Waiheke Arapiu as Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Act.
🪶 Māori Affairs15 February 1879
Order in Council, Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Infant succession, Auckland, Kaikohe, Onemaroke
- Meri Waiheke, Original owner of vested land
- Meri Tomoriri (otherwise called), Original owner of vested land
- Tuhingaio, Infant successor to interest
- Te Para, Appointed Trustee for infant
- Waiheke Arapiu, Appointed Trustee for infant
- Normanby, Governor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
🪶 Appointment of Hohipaea Hare Matenga as Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Act.
🪶 Māori Affairs15 February 1879
Order in Council, Trustee appointment, Maori Real Estate Management Act, Infant succession, Bay of Islands, Pakaraka, Porotu
- Wiremu te Hau, Original owner of vested land
- Hana Hare Matenga, Claimed succession to interest
- Raira te Hau, Infant successor to interest
- Akinihi te Hau, Infant successor to interest
- Hohipaea Hare Matenga, Appointed Trustee for infants
- Normanby, Governor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
NZ Gazette 1879, No 20