✨ Native Land Court Decision
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL XVI. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1869. No. 35
Rangitikei-Manawatu Block.
Superintendent's Office,
Wellington, 29th Sept., 1869.
THE following decision of the Native Land Court delivered by their Honors Judges Fenton and Maning, at Wellington, in reference to claims of certain Natives to the Rangitikei-Manawatu Block, is published for general information.
I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.
NATIVE LAND COURT, WELLINGTON.
23rd August, 1869.
Rangitikei-Manawatu Land Claims.
The following is the decision of the Court, on the issues, as delivered by His Honor Chief Judge Fenton:—
- Did Ngatiraukawa, prior to the year 1840, by virtue of the conquest of Ngatiapa by themselves or others through whom they claimed, acquire the dominion over the land in question, or any or what part or parts thereof?
The Court: No.
- Did that tribe, or any and what hapus thereof, acquire subsequently to conquest thereof by occupation such a possession over the said land, or any and what part or parts thereof, as would constitute them owners according to Maori custom, and did they, or any, and what hapus retain such possession in January, 1840, over the said land or any and what part or parts thereof?
The Court: The words "subsequently to conquest thereof" must be erased.
Ngatiraukawa, as a tribe, has not acquired by occupation any rights over the estate.
The three hapus of Raukawa—Ngatikahoro Ngatiparewahawaha and Ngatikauwhata, have by occupation and with the consent of the Ngatiapa acquired rights which will constitute them owners according to Maori custom. These hapus retain such rights in January, 1840. There is no evidence before the Court which should cause it to limit these rights to any specified piece or pieces of land.
The Court is not quite clear whether the hapu Ngatiteihiihi should be also included and will, if the parties desire, hear further evidence with respect to that hapu.
- Were the rights of Ngatiapa or any of them completely extinguished over the said lands so acquired by conquest and occupation, or over any and what part thereof, or did they in January, 1840, have any ownership according to native custom over the said land, or any or what part or parts thereof?
The Court: The rights of Ngatiapa were not extinguished, but they were affected in so far as the above three hapus have acquired rights.
- Was such ownership of the Ngatiapa hostile to, independent of, or along with that of the Ngatiraukawa, or any and what hapu or hapus thereof?
The Court: The ownership of the above three hapus was along with that of the Ngatiapa.
- Have the Ngatiapa, or any of them, since January, 1840, acquired by occupation or otherwise, any and what ownership, according to native custom, of the
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1869, No 35
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🪶 Publication of Native Land Court Decision
🪶 Māori Affairs29 September 1869
Native Land Court, Rangitikei-Manawatu Block, Land Claims, Ngatiraukawa, Ngatiapa
- I. E. Featherston, Superintendent
🪶 Native Land Court Decision on Rangitikei-Manawatu Land Claims
🪶 Māori Affairs23 August 1869
Land Claims, Ngatiraukawa, Ngatiapa, Raukawa Hapus, Native Custom
- Chief Judge Fenton, Native Land Court