Monday 26th September 1881
Place – the same Present – the same
Topaatekaahu
Tame Ranapiri handed in the names of the persons for whom he asked for a certificate of title.
Ordered that the names of
Tamati Ranapiri and Netahu Tauehe
Be entered in the register as owners and that Tamati Ranapiri and Aterea Tauehe be appointed trustees for Netahio Tauehe (minor, m, 17 years) without restrictions.
One order.
Fees charged
Hearing - £1.0.0 Order - £1.0.0 C. clt - £1.0.0 Witnesses - £0.8.0 Total - £3.8.0
19 Section 87 – Otaki
Claim read – tracing produced
James Howard Wallace – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Raukawa.
I see the tracing of the township. I see section 87. It belongs to Te One Humu – an old man living at Waikato. One Humu gave this section to my sister and me. I claim it under the gift.
His house standing on the allotment was included in the gift.
I ask the court to make an order for a certificate.
My sister is dead and I wish the order for certificate to be in the names of my mother and me.objectors
Hoani Taipua said – I object to the calim resting on that gift. The claimant should produce Te One Humu to prove his title.
Court advised claimant to take steps to obtain a title from One Kumu and dismissed the claim.
Dismissed
156 Muhunoa No. 3
Teri Tuainuku to succeed Ani Matenga.
W. M. Ward – solicitor said – I appear for Teri Tuainuku – I call
Henare Roera – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Huia of Ngati Raukawa.
I know Teri Tuainuku. He is of Ngati Pare of Ngati Raukawa. He is son of Ani Matenga – her own child. The mother is dead. I saw her death and funeral. She died at Horowhenua. She had no other child.
I never heard that she had disposed of her interest in this land. She made no will.
Objectors
Newira Nikitini said
Teri Tuainuku had a sister who died and left a grandchild who should succeed with Teri. The name of that child is Mohi Neville Nicholson aged 9. I should be the trustee for my child.
Ordered that Teri Tuainuku and Mohi Neville Nicholson (m) 9 years should succeed and that Newira Nicholson be appointed trustee.
Fee charged Hearing - £1.0.0
157 Muhunoa No. 2
Teri Tuainuku to succeed Ani Matenga - Deceased not in former title.
Dismissed
46 Rahui – 442
Claim read
Rapata Ranapiri said the land has not been surveyed.
Dismissed
97 Haruatai No. 4 – 580
Claim read – plan produced
Tewiata Te Horu – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Te Horu of Ngati Raukawa.
I know the land described on the plan before the court. It belongs to my mother in law. She seized this piece. Her name is Harata Takarore. Her husband, Maika Takarore assisted her to take it. Maika is dead.
Harata and her husband lived and worked on this land and were never disturbed in their occupation of it. They took this land for themselves.
I ask the court for a certificate in favour of myself and co claimant with Harata. There are others who must be consulted relative to the names of the owners.
Objectors
Xed by H. Taipua
Mohi Te Tawharu – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Pare of Ngati Raukawa.
I know the land now before the court. I know this piece was old to Peene Arama by Tewiata.
Peene Arama told me so before he died. I was not present at the sale. I heard of this sale and I saw the document ratifying it. Peene Arama gave £5 for the allotment – document produced.
This piece adjoins Peene’s own land. I am quite sure this is the piece he bought from Tewiata for £5.0.0.
Xed by Tewiata
Peene told me this is the piece you sold to him. I don’t know whether a part of this land is included in Peene’s claims which have been granted.
Re-exed by Hoani Taipua
This is the only piece I know of - Peene has land on the other side of the creek. I don’t know when the title was heard. It was granted to him before he purchased this piece. I never worked on this land.
Xed by court
Peene Arama sent me to see the boundaries of the land he had purchased. I went to the old lady Harata and told her that I had been on the piece she had sold. Harata told me that Peene had sold that piece to Peene. Te Raiti also told me this was the piece sold to Peene. Haruatai is the name of the piece crown granted.
I am Peene Arama’s elder brother – cousin.
I saw Harata and Maika working on this piece before the sale to Peene. The sale was after the other land had been granted. Peene told me to go and work on the purchased land. Peene arama’s wife still lives also her children. I don’t know whether she (his widow) knows anything about this land.
Xed by H. Taipua
Te Raika Takarore – sworn
I am of Ngati Raukawa. I live at Otaki.
I know the land shown on the plan. It is ours.
We sold it to Peene Arama. This is the very piece we sold to him. I Ketewhia, Hohipuha Takarore and my mother Harata sold it to him.
This is the document we signed on that occasion acknowledging the transaction and the receipt of the consideration. I don’t know who witnessed our signatures.
Peene Arama gave us £5.0.0. We were all together. No one objected – not one. The money was divided amongst us. Harata received some. Harata approved of the sale. I don’t dispute the sale.
Xed by Tewiata
Mohi and I are brothers in law. We married sisters. I made no friends with Mohi regarding this sale.
I know Maika has a piece on the other side of the bed of the stream. Maika gave that to Peene. I know that this was the piece for which Peene had paid that £5.0.0 and not that on the other side of the creek bed.
Xed by court
I am the Raika referred to in the claim. I wish the certificate of this piece to be given to Peene and his children.
I am still living with my mother. We never quarreled. I only heard that Maika gave Peene Arama a piece of this land for what reason I know not. This gift was of another piece that that nor before the court. Raika was my father but I can’t say when he died. I was about 14 or 15 when he died. I don’t know why my father Maika gave this other piece to Peene Arama. The piece I refer to was heard before the court held at Raukawa. Mr Rogan was the judge and Budson was clerk.
The piece now before the court was sold before the outside piece was granted. Perhaps this piece now before the court was excluded from the ormer claim by Peene Arama as land for his children.
Hema Tea o – sworn
I am of Ngati Pare. I live at Otaki.
I know the piece before the court. Peene told me that he had purchased this piece from Harata and her children.
After Peene purchased this piece no one worked on it. Nuna Te Taurei was witness to the transaction. Peene has two grants. One for the land outside called Haruatai and one for a piece called Totaranui. Harata and others have no land alongside Totaranui.
I never saw Peene working on the land before the court but I saw Spickman who had permission from Peene to work on it. Spickman worked on it for 3 years.
Xed by Tewiata
I heard that Peene had given Spickman leave to work on the piece and on that outer other side of the street.
Rana Hori – sworn
I live at Otaki. I now live at Waikato. I lived formerly at Otaki and Ohau. I am of Ngati Tukorehe.
I know this piece. I don’t know the boundaries.
Peene told me that he had bought this piece from Harata and Ketewhia and family. I did not work on this piece but Peene gave me and my father permission to plant melons on it.
Rikihana Te Taurere – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Koroki.
I know this land. Kingi Te Ahoaho was the original owner of it. After him, Maika took it and lived on it. Keita, Peene Arama’s relative lived on it with Maika.
This piece was excluded from Haruatai grant for Maika and his children. I heard that this was sold to Peene that Harata, Ketewhia, Te Raika, Hohipuha had sold it to Peene.
I don’t know whether Maika had any land outside this on the other side of the creek bed. This is the piece I heard had been sold to Peene. Harata and co cl;aimants have no land on the rest of this piece.
Nuna Te Taurei – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Maiotaki.
I heard that Peene Arama had bought this piece from Harata. It is called Haruatai. I know it. A document was signed at the time of the sale. I was witness to the signatures. This now produced is that document. Peene has land near to this. I am quite certain thiss before the court is the land then sold.
Xed by Tewiata
I don’t know that this land extends to the south of the stream bed. Harata and others worked on the land before the court. Peene and others are on the land – west and south of it.
I never saw Harata S. of the creek. I heard it in the house that this was the piece sold to Peene. I never heard that this piece was given to the doctor for his sources to us.
Xed by court
I was witness to the sale. The description was not put into the document. I saw the survey.
Counter claimant case closed.
Ketewhia Te Wiata – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Awa, Ngati Maiotaki of Ngati Raukawa.
I know this land. It is Maika’s. This is not the piece sold to Peene. The piece then sold was to the south of the creek. It was part of this land. When the surveyor was in our district, Peene asked me for the part on the S. of stream. I said, I would if he paid me for it. He consented and gave me £5.0.0. This sale was prior to Haruatai being c.granted. This land is now occupied by the doctor. He is there by my consent.
Hohipuha Takarore – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Kahungunu.
This land I know. It was not that sold to Peene. The piece we sold to Peene is on the S. side of the stream. I don’t know when the outside land was granted.
Xed H. Taipua
We had land on S. side of stream. The piece we gave Peene was put in his crown grant. I did not sign the document. My name is to the paper but I did not sign it. I received none of the money for the land. Peene got the land.
92 Muhunoa No. 3 – 364
Mr Booth applied for defintition of interest asquired by crown. I produced a deed dated 4 August 1874 signed by all the owners. I claim on behalf of the crown – 460 acres of the land.
By J. Booth
Henare Roera –sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Raukawa. I am one of the owners of Muhunoa No. 3.
I have sold part of my interest namely that in the 460 acres referred to in the c---- produced to the crown. I have signed the deed. The other persons named in the deed have also sold to the crown. We have received the consideration money.
No objectors
The court finds that Her Majesty had acquired an absolute estate of inheritance in the piece of land before described part of the Muhunoa No. 3 Block and doth hereby declare that the same is the propertuy of Her Majesty.
Fees charged
Hearing - £1.0.0 Order - £1.0.0
Muhunoa No. 3 – continued
Mr Ward – solicitor
I appear for Roera Hukiki and the other members of Ngati Huia hapu interested in this Block and ask for a further subdivision viz – to have a810 – r3 – p0 cut off the seaward end of the block to be unrestricted in the names of all the owners and the balance left to be restricted from sale.
Henare Roera – sworn
I am of Ngati Huia and confirm the statement of our solicitor. I represent the other owners. They all agree to what I propost to do.
No objectors.
Muhunoa No. 3A – a1105 – r0 – p0
Ordered the names of
Roera Hukiki, Rutu Roera, Henare Rfoera, Hoani Kuiti, Mereana Patukino, Te Tauhau Roera, Kereihi roera and Kinine Roera and of (Terei Tuainuku, and Mohi Nenira Nikitini (m) 9years as successors) to Ani Matenga and of Roera Henare (m) 8 years, Irietere Henare (f) 8 years, Ria Henare (f) 6 years, Kararaina Henare (f) 4 years, Areta Henare (f) 2 years, Ripi Kiniore (m) 3 years, Ngahiraka Kiniore 1 year, Hori Kerei Tauhu (m) 2 years and Kipa Roera (m) 12 years as successors to the interest of Hori Roera
And in the proprotions set forth in the Testamentary Order dated in the first day of September 1881 made in their behalf – be registered in the register as owners accordingly to Native Custom of Muhunoa No. 3A when a proper certified plan has been furnished. To be inalienable
Fees charged
Hearing - £1.0.0 Certificate - £1.0.0 Total - £2.0.0
Muhunoa No. 3B – a810 – r3 – p0
Ordered that the above names in the Muhunoa No. 3A be registered in the Register as owners according to Native Custom of Muhunoa No. 3B when a proper certified plan has been furnished – unrestricted
Fees charged
Hearing - £1.0.0 Certificate - £1.0.0 Total - 2.0.0
Te Waka
Further adjourned on application of Dr Buller by wire.
95 Whirokino – 5211
Claim read – plan produced
Hoani Taipua – sworn
I live at Otaki. I am of Ngati Raukawa.
This land has been ordered by the court – the plan shows the overlap of the adjoining Block I know as Te Rerengaohau which has been granted.
The order for this Whirokino Block was an interlocutory one. This plan 5211 is made in pursurance of that order.
We wish the certificate to issue for the amended area 4971 acres and 2 roads.
Court informed claimants that the land already granted could not be affected by its order for certificate.
Dismissed
Ngakaroro No. 2F
Jas Booth made application to have Renao Te Wharepakaru appointed trustee for his children viz for
Ihaka Renao (m), Kooro Renao (m) – both adults, Maka Renao (m) 19 years, Hanita Renao (m) 18 years, Haimona Renao (m) 12 years.
Renao Whakapakaru said
I am the father of these children. Some are now of age. I want the order to interest to the date of that deed, 1 May 1875.
Paruauku No. 1
Mr Booth asked to have Rikihana Te Tarure made trustee for his children –
Rota Rikihana (f) 10 years, Raita Rikihana (f) 16 years, Pairoroku rikihana (m) 20 years, Ruruhira Rikihana (f) 18 years
Rikihana Tarure said – I am the father of these children – ordered.
76 Taonui
Claim read
The same as Taonui Ahuaturanga to be heard at Palmerston.
Dismissed
Court adjourned until 10 am tomorrow.
