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Native Lands Court.
NOTICE OF TIMES AND PLACES FOR INVESTIGATING CLAIMS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the claims, on behalf of themselves and others, of the several persons whose names are mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereunder written, to the several blocks of land, of which the names and localities are mentioned in the second column, the boundaries of which are published in the Schedule hereunder, will be investigated at Waitangi, Chatham Islands, on the 6th of June next, and following days.
WM. BRIDSON,
Acting Chief Clerk.
Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, April 14, 1870.
SCHEDULE.
| Name of Claimant. | Name and Locality of Block. | Boundaries of the lands as translated from the Claims. |
|---|---|---|
| Wi Naera Pomare Ngawiwi | Mangatukarewa, near the Lake in Chatham Islands | A piece of land on the bend of the Mangatukarewa stream. |
| Wi Naera Pomare Ngawiwi | Te Pere, near the Lake in the Chatham Islands | The piece is from the Pere stream in a straight line to the opening at Tokipanehe, thence on by the margin of the clear to Nga-apakoko stream into the Porua stream down to its junction with the Mangatukarewa stream to where the Pere stream falls into it. |
| Wi Naera Pomare Hamuera Kotoriki Wi Tamihana Te Raratau | Mangoutu, near the Lake in the Chatham Islands | From Mongouta to the fall in the corner of the beach, up the stream to the line of Naera's old ground, down to Te Toenga's boundary, and from thence back again to the cliff facing the beach. |
| Wi Naera Pomare Hamuera Kotoriki Wi Tamihana Te Raratau | Huapango, near the Lake at the Chatham Islands | Commencing at Huapango, going by the stream to Purare-whenua, then following the upper corner of the garden back again to the upper side of Huapango |
| Wi Naera Pomare Hamuera Kotoriki Te Rakatau Wi Tamihana | Puketahi, Te Tiki-tiki, near the Lake at the Chatham Islands | The whole of the land in Captain Thomas' fence with the old garden on the South-west side of the boundary, the creek being the east boundary, the top of the ridge the south west one, out to the cliff and back again to the fence. |
| Wi Naera Pomare Hamuera Kotoriki Ngamate Arapera Puta | The land at the Red Bluff, near the Chatham Islands | From Kaipereraua to Waewaeraupa, thence to the Lagoon (Te Whanga), to Pupuarangi, and by the Whanga to the Karaka beyond Rangatira, thence in a straight line to Putahamama, and out to the cliff, by the sea back to Kaipererua. |
| Apitia Punga | Part of the south-east side of the Chatham Islands | From the Whanga at Puketahora in a South-west direction up to the spot where the track from Owenga to Waitangi branches off to the Matarae, and down to the bend of the Awairianga to the fall, thence in a straight line to Rangaika in Pitts' Straits, following the sea to Owenga right on to Kaingarahu, across to the Whanga, then following the Whanga to where it commenced. |
The maps of such of these lands as have been surveyed can be seen at the Native Office, Wellington.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1870, No 10
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🪶 Notice of times and places for investigating claims to Native lands
🪶 Māori Affairs14 April 1870
Native Land Court, Chatham Islands, Land claims, Waitangi, Schedule of claims
9 names identified
- Wi Naera Pomare, Claimant for Native land
- Ngawiwi, Claimant for Native land
- Hamuera Kotoriki, Claimant for Native land
- Wi Tamihana, Claimant for Native land
- Te Raratau, Claimant for Native land
- Te Rakatau, Claimant for Native land
- Ngamate, Claimant for Native land
- Arapera Puta, Claimant for Native land
- Apitia Punga, Claimant for Native land
- Wm. Bridson, Acting Chief Clerk