688
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

In the Native Land Court of New Zealand, Napier District.

In the matter of the land known as Mangangarara, and of the application of Paora Ropiha under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS by an order of the Native Land Court dated the 14th day of March, 1889, on the partition of the Mangangarara Block, it was as part of the said partition ordered and declared that the part of the said land, containing 11,310 acres, named by the Court on the said partition Mangangarara Nos. 1, 2, and 3, was owned by Rora Hokowaka, Atareta Taupe, and Renata te Ao, and that the relative shares of the said Rora Hokowaka, Atareta Taupe, and Renata te Ao were equal in value: And whereas it has been made to appear to me, as Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, that the intention of the Court in partitioning the said land was to award to the said Atareta Taupe, Rora Hokowaka, and Renata te Ao respectively in severalty their several portions of the said land—that is to say, to Atareta Taupe that portion, containing 2,869 acres, known as Mangangarara No. 1; to Rora Hokowaka that portion, containing 3,827 acres, known as Mangangarara No. 2; and to Renata te Ao that portion, containing 4,614 acres, known as Mangangarara No. 3; and that the applicant, as administrator of the estate of Atareta Taupe, deceased, has been prejudicially affected by the failure to give effect to the intention of the Court: Now, therefore, for the purpose of remedying such error, and in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me, as Chief Judge, under section 39 aforesaid, I hereby order as follows:—

1. That the said hereinbefore-recited order of the 14th day of March, 1889, be, and the same hereby is, annulled.

2. That, as part of the said partition, an order of Court be issued in the name of the said Atareta Taupe as the owner in severalty of that part of the partitioned land, containing by estimation 2,869 acres, which has on such partition been named by the Court Mangangarara No. 1.

3. That, as part of the said partition, an order of Court be issued in the name of Rora Hokowaka, as the owner in severalty of that part of the partitioned land, containing by estimation 3,827 acres, which has on such partition been named by the Court Mangangarara No. 2.

4. That, as part of the said partition, an order of Court be issued in the name of Renata te Ao, as the owner in severalty of that part of the partitioned land, containing by estimation 4,614 acres, which has on such partition been named by the Court Mangangarara No. 3.

5. That the said several orders shall respectively bear date the 14th day of March, 1889.

6. That this order shall take effect on the publication thereof in the Gazette and Kahiti.

As witness my hand, this 8th day of April, 1895.

G. B. DAVY,
Chief Judge.

Application to the Validation Court under “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893.”

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELDEN AT AUCKLAND.

In the matter of “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893”; and in the matter of a block of land situated in the District of Kaipara, in the Provincial District of Auckland, and known by the name of Pouto No. 2, or Ripiro.

A. EDWARD KLINGENDER, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, solicitor, is the applicant.

B. The applicant desires to have himself found entitled to relief in respect of the said Pouto No. 2, or Ripiro, Block, and desires to appear before the Validation Court, at Auckland, on Monday, the 13th day of May, 1895, at the hour of 10 o’clock in the forenoon, or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

C. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation is as follows: Deed of conveyance bearing date the 11th day of October, 1878, and made between Pairama Ngutahi, Hone Waiti, Arama Karaka Haututu, Netana Kariera, Tiopera Kinaki, Mihaka Makoare, Te Hemara Tauhia, Paora Tuhaere, Hemana Whiti, Reihana Kena, Henare Rawhiti, Paraone Ngaweke, Manihera Makoare, Piripi Ihimaera, Hemi Parata, Eramiha Paikea, Kera Kereepe, and Ereatare te Tarehu, of the one part, and the applicant of the other part. The consideration agreed upon between the said parties was the sum of £1,000.

D. The land which was intended to be alienated was that portion of the said block commonly known at the time of such alienation as Pouto No. 2A. The area of the Pouto No. 2, or Ripiro, Block was 50,649 acres, and the area of the portion known as Pouto No. 2A, and intended to be alienated by the aforesaid deed of conveyance, was 2,200 acres. The title thereto of the Maori alienors at the time of the said alienation was memorial of ownership under “The Native Land Act, 1873,” bearing date the 5th day of July, 1878.

E. The estate or interest which the applicant seeks to obtain in the said land by the aid of the Court is an estate of freehold of the said 2,200 acres.

F. The manner in which the applicant came to be invested with the title he now holds to the said land is as follows: The deed of conveyance above specified.

G. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of Auckland, where notices and other documents may be served upon him by leaving the same at such place for him, is at the office of Edmund Thomas Dufaur, solicitor, situated in Queen Street, Auckland.

H. The applicant desires the estates and interests of the Native persons mentioned in paragraph C of this application, and all persons claiming through them, to be bound by the decree of the Court, and for that purpose requires that copies of this application should be served on them. The names of the persons upon whom the applicant requires that copies of this application should be served are: Paraone Pairama, Rakapa Pairama, Atareta Pairama, successors to Pairama Ngutahi, deceased; Matene Rutawaiti, Te Rina Waiti, Hera Waiti, Hohaia Waiti, Rihipeti Waiti, Karaipu Waiti, Huihana Waiti, Waata Waiti, Ripeka Waiti, successors to Hone Waiti, deceased; Mihaka Makoare, Heta Paikea, Keepa te Awe, Tahena Karena, Tipene Makoare, Wi Aperahama, Henare Wharara Toka, Matene Waiti, successors to Arama Karaka Haututu, deceased; Hori Manukau, Heretini Manukau, Mereri Manukau, Te Taana Manukau, Patitiri Manukau, successors to Netana Kariera, or Netana Ngakara, deceased; Rewira Tiopira, Hiriia Paraone, Aramaera Himiona, Iha Kereama, Pipi Cummin, successors to Tiopira Kinaki, deceased; Mihaki Makoare, Te Hemara te Huia, who is the nearest known relative of Te Hemara Tauhia, deceased; Meri Paora Tuhaere, successor to Paora Tuhaere, deceased; George Brown, of Auckland, interpreter, and Harata Tuhaere, of Orakei, as trustees for the said Meri Paora Tuhaere, Paraone Hemana, Paratene Hemana, Wikiriwhi Hemana, Tatana Hemana, Kataraina Hemana, successors to Hemana Whiti, deceased; Reihana Kena, Henare Rawhiti, Paraone Ngaweke, Mihaka Makoare, Mereana Hirini, Tahana Karena, Turuhira Kena, Maraea Kena, successors to Manihera Makoare, deceased; Piripi Ihimaera, Hemi Parata, Eramiha Paikea, Kira Kereepe, Matiu Tuturua, Riwia Hikuwai, Heta Paikea, successors to Ereatare te Tarehu; Rakapa Pairama, Paraone Pairama, Wiremu Tipene Moetara, Ngahiraka Moetara, Mihi Papahia, Amiria Paikea, Wiremu Parata, Kerenapu, successors to Atereta Pairama, deceased; the Rev. William Gittos, of Ponsonby, Auckland, Wesleyan minister, as trustee for certain successors of Hone Waiti, deceased. The said Te Hemara te Huia resides at Puhoi, near Auckland; the said Meri Paora Tuhaere resides at Orakei, near Auckland; all the other Native persons above mentioned are resident in the Kaipara District. The applicant desires that all other persons who may claim to be interested in the validation applied for shall be treated as parties to these proceedings; but the applicant is unable to specify any names of persons other than those set forth herein.

Dated at Auckland, this 29th day of March, 1895.

EDWARD KLINGENDER
(By his Solicitor and Agent,
E. T. DUFAUR).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Auckland.

287

Application to the Validation Court under “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893.”

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELDEN AT AUCKLAND.

In the matter of “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893”; and in the matter of a block of land situated in the District of Coromandel, in the Provincial District of Auckland, and known by the name of Kuaotunu No. 3.

A. THE KAURI TIMBER COMPANY (LIMITED), being a company duly incorporated under an Act of the Parliament of the Colony of Victoria known or cited as “The Companies Statute, 1864,” the chief office of which company in the Colony of New Zealand is in the City of Auckland, is the applicant.