Writs for Maori Electoral District Elections




1934

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 89

command you to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law and regulations in this behalf prescribed, a legally-qualified person to serve as a member of the said House of Representatives for the Eastern Maori Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at the Courthouse, Napier, on the third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and that this our writ, with the name of the person so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to us here on or before the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

In witness whereof His Excellency David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand, has caused the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

GLASGOW, Governor.


VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., Queen :

To GEORGE THOMAS WILKINSON, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral District: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of a member of the House of Representatives of New Zealand shall take place: Now, therefore, we do hereby require and command you to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law and regulations in this behalf prescribed, a legally-qualified person to serve as a member of the said House of Representatives for the Western Maori Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at the Courthouse, New Plymouth, on the third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and that this our writ, with the name of the person so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to us here on or before the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

In witness whereof His Excellency David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand, has caused the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

GLASGOW, Governor.


VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., Queen :

To HELYAR WEDDERBURN BISHOP, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of a member of the House of Representatives of New Zealand shall take place: Now, therefore, we do hereby require and command you to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law and regulations in this behalf prescribed, a legally-qualified person to serve as a member of the said House of Representatives for the Southern Maori Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at the Schoolhouse, Kaiapoi, on the third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and that this our writ, with the name of the person so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to us here on or before the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

In witness whereof His Excellency David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand, has caused the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

GLASGOW, Governor.


Polling-places appointed, Maori Electoral Districts.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by “The Electoral Act, 1893,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be polling-places for the Maori electoral districts therein specified.

SCHEDULE.

Northern Maori Electoral District—
Peria, Oruru Valley—Schoolhouse.
Pamapuria, Victoria Valley—Schoolhouse.
Ahipara—Courthouse.
Awanui—Schoolhouse.
Paua-Parengarenga—Mr. Yates’s Gum-store.
Te Kao—Schoolhouse.
Te Ngaere—Schoolhouse.
Kororareka—Courthouse.
Kawakawa—Courthouse.
Waimate—Courthouse.
Waikare—Schoolhouse.
Waihou—Schoolhouse.
Whakarapa—Schoolhouse.
Mangamuka—Schoolhouse.
Hokianga—Courthouse, Herd’s Point.
Kawerua—Mr. Jarvie’s Gum-store.
Mangakahia—Schoolhouse.
Waima—Schoolhouse.
Pakia—Schoolhouse.
Otaua—Schoolhouse.
Whangaroa—Courthouse.
Whangaruru—Hori Wehiwehi’s House.
Taiharuru—Schoolhouse.
Kaikohe—Schoolhouse.
Makarau—Barlow’s House.
Reweti—Runanga House.
Shelly Beach—Runanga House.
Whakahara—Mr. Clark’s Gum-store.
Pouto, North Head (Kaipara)—Schoolhouse.
Otamatea (Kaipara)—Schoolhouse.
Maunganui Bluff—Netana Patuawa’s House, Maropiu.
Whangarei—Courthouse.
Poroti—Schoolhouse.
Whangape—Residence of Mr. D. J. McMath.
Kaihu—Courthouse.
Warkworth—Courthouse.
Lucas Creek—Schoolhouse.
Auckland—Native Land Court Office.
Hohora—Mr. Evans’s Store.
Manukau—Maori Store.
Taupo—Native House.
Waikiekie—Public Hall.
Hukerenui South—Schoolhouse.

Eastern Maori Electoral District—
Greytown—Courthouse.
Masterton—Courthouse.
Kaihoata—F. W. Hale’s House.
Mataikona—Hami te Potangaroa’s House.
Te Kohunui—Piripi te Maari’s House.
Nga-awa-purua—Huru Te Hiaro’s House.
Hamua—Nireaha Tamaki’s House.
Porangahau—Paora Ropiha’s House.
Tahoraiti—Manahi Paewai’s House.
Takapau—Eru te Hopu’s House.
Waipawa—Courthouse.
Te Hauke—Ekengarangi’s House.
Tikokino, Hampden—Te Hira’s House.
Hastings—Courthouse.
Waimarama—Meinertzhagen’s Woolshed.
Kairakau—Hone Rangikangaiho’s House.
Pakowhai—Schoolhouse.
Omahu—Renata’s House.
Napier—Courthouse.
Petane—Henare Pangopango’s House.
Maraekakaho—Mr. McLean’s Woolshed.
Te Haroto—Aneta Kingita’s House.
Tauranga, Taupo—Hori te Tauri’s House.
Tapuaeharuru—Courthouse.
Maroa—Thakara Kahuao’s House.
Waikare—Mr. McAndrew’s Woolshed.
Mohaka—Rev. Hoani te Wainohu’s House.
Wairoa—Courthouse.
Te Reinga—Hori Niania’s House.
Ramoto—Rev. Tamihana Huata’s House.
Waikaremoana Lake—Mr. Tunk’s Woolshed.
Whakaki—Hori te Roi’s House.
Nuhaka—Hirini Whanga’s House.
Te Mahia—Mr. Ormond’s Woolshed.
Muriwai—Schoolhouse.
Gisborne—Courthouse.



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🪶 Writs for Maori Electoral District Elections (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
20 November 1896
Elections, Maori Electoral Districts, Writs, House of Representatives
  • George Thomas Wilkinson (Esquire), Returning Officer for Western Maori Electoral District
  • Helyar Wedderburn Bishop (Esquire), Returning Officer for Southern Maori Electoral District

  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor

🪶 Polling-places for Maori Electoral Districts

🪶 Māori Affairs
20 November 1896
Polling-places, Maori Electoral Districts, Electoral Act 1893
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor