Tuesday 24th November 1874 pursuant to notice.
Present – Thos H. Smith – Judge Poari Kuramate – assessor
Randall C. Mainwaring – Clerk and Interpreter
Court sat at 10.30 am.
Notice read.
Tutangatakino No. 4 – Tiemi Ranapiri
Tiemi Ranapiri – appeared – sworn
Plan S. O. W No. 377 before the court.
Verbatim evidence as per clerks notes.
Tiemi Ranapiri.
Ko tenei whenua kaore au e mohio ki te take o taku whaea. No te tau 1846 ka noho matou ki reira a hanga ana e taku matua te whare me te taiepa nanenane me te whare puni na nga tungane o taku whaea i hanga etahi i a matou. E noho ana ireira kaore au i kite tangata e noho ana i reira ko matou anake, kaore au i kite tangata e haere mai ana ki te kimai kaua e mahi, noku tenei wahi a i pakeke katoa matou tokowhitu ki konei no te pakaru tanga o to matou whare. Ka huria mai ki ko iti mai ki te wahi e hokona ki a Dr. Hewson me ta matou haerere ano ki tenei whenua. Ehara i te mea ki main a te tangata, he mea atu haere mai anon a matou a mahue pai atu to matou whenua, ko au anake e tango ana maku tenei whenua. Ko etahi hoki o nga taonga i aku teina anake, ko Ropata Ranapiri anake te mea e hiahia ana ki a uru mai. Ko aku teina e uruana ki tetahi pihi i hokona kia Dr. Hewson. Ko au hoki to matou Matamua na reira au i mea ai, noku tenei whenua kaore kau he whenua ki atu kai Pukehou anake kei Ohau.
Don’t know the ‘take’ of my mother’s occupation. We were there in 1846. It was fenced by us in that year. 2 houses built on it by us a ‘whare puni’ and a ‘whareparaki’. When we occupied did not see any one else in occupation of any portion or who claimed or forbid our cultivation. I and my brothers 7 of us grew up on this land when our houses were ‘pakaru’ 8 years ago we moved to another piece which I have since sold to Dr. Hewson and we still returned to this piece Kopikopiko. We left of our own accord. Not ejected by any one. My brother Robert claims to unite with me – there are 11 of us children of same mother but not of same father – claims the land as eldest son. We have land at Ohau and at other places.
Objectors challenged.
Hoeta Te Kahuhui – appeared as counter claimant – sworn
Of Ngati Kauwhata. Oroua. I claim this land.
I accept Tiemis plan. Claims this land. My ‘matua’s cleared this land. Knows the land shown on the plan. There was a grand clearing by all Ngati Raukawa and this portion was cleared by my ‘matua’. I know the boundaries of the piece which my ‘matua’ cleared. I know the boundary of the piece cleared by Tiemi’s ancestor. After the settlement at Rangiuru nga Ruinga cultivated a portion of this land a ‘whare kika’ and afterward in 1863 we came to mark out boundaries. I and Marino and Paranapa (he papa no Hemi) Te Peina (a ‘tupuna’ of Tiemi’s) and Moihi (a ‘papa’ of Tiemi’s) Te Ahitana (a ‘tuakana’ of mine) these persons laiddown the boundary between us and the ‘matua of Tiemi’. In that year I sold this land to Dr. Hewson. Marino was a ‘tupuna’ Tiemi’s.
Xd by Hemi
The year of the ‘tuanga’ was the year of the coming from Kapiti. I left Otaki the year that Rangiuru was built ‘ka timata te whakapono’. I left Nga Ruinga who cultivated a part of our clearing but not this piece. I did not interfere with you because I was at Oroua. Nga Ruinga did not interfere because Marino and Peina were on one side and they are ‘papa’s of mine and of my ‘tuakana’ Ahitana. I don’t know about boundaries being marked when the land was given to you. It was a ‘mea tahae’. I have not cultivated since Rangiuru but I know the boundaries.
Verbatim evidence.
Hoeta Kahuhui’s evidence – sworn
No Ngati Kauwhata. Ko te Awahuri taku kainga. Noku tenei whenua. Taku take ki tenei whenua na aku matua. Na aku matua hoki i tua nga rakau kaore ano au i tae kia kite i te taiepa. A e mohio ana au koia tenei te whenua e kootitia nei. Kotahi tonu te mahinga a Ngatiraukawa me aku matua i tenei whenua mahi ana a Ngati Raukawa i a ratou, mahi ana aku matua i tenei whenua, ko nga rohe a aku matua kei te mohio au, e mohio ana hoki nga tupuna o Tiemi ki nga rohe, noku tera whenua i muri iho i te nohoanga o Rngiuru ka noho ia e Ngaruinga tetahi taha o te whenua nei hei whaea keke ki a au. Mutu atu te mahi i reira takoto noa iho i muri iho. Koira anake te mahinga na taku whaea; I te tau 1863 ka tae mai matou ki te poupou i nga rohe o taua whenua, ahau a Marino, a Paranapa, a te Peina, he tupuna no Tiemi, a Moihi ana Ahitana he tuakana noku. Ko nga tangata enei na ratou i whakatakoto te rohe te taha kia ratou ko ana tupuna me te taha mai ki a maua ko toku tuakana . No te tau 1863 ka hokona e au kia Dr. Hewson tenei whenua ko tenei whenua i te mapi ne ii hokona katoatia e au kia Dr. Hewson. Ko tetahi taha kei waho ano. Ko aku kai korero ko Te Peinaand Renas. Ko nga korero ma te Teina ko ta raua Ngangaretanga ko Marino mo tetunga o te whare o tana tamahine ki runga ki taku whenua.
Xd by Tiemi Ranapiri
No te whea tau i mahia ai o Hoeta. No te whiinga mai i Kapiti e mohio ana au ki te mutunga o taku noho i tenei whenua. No tau i timata ai te whakapono, ko te tangata maua i mahi i muri i a au ko Ngaruinga engari i te mea i te taha o te taiepa a Hoani. Kaore i mahi ki tenei wahi kaore ano au i kaumatua i te taima i tu ai to koutou whare i Oroua ke au. Kaore a Ngaruinga i tae atu ki te pana i a koutou. Ko te take ko te Peina raua ko Marino i te taha atu kia ratou. Kaore au e mohio ki te Koatutanga kia koutou he mea tahae hoki na to tupuna kaore kau e mahia ana i muri iho tae noa mai ki naianie engari e mohio ana au.
RenaoTe Wharepakaru – sworn
Live at Otaki. Of Ngati Kauwhata.
Knows the land.
The land was cleared before Haowhenua (1835). It was cleared to grow food for that ‘pakanga’ with Ngati Awa. After that ‘pakanga’ Ngati Raukawa took possession of Manawatu and on the return cultivated their ‘mahinga’ Hoeta’s ‘papa’ occupied and cultivated and had their ‘whare’s – ‘whare puni’ and ‘whare nunui’ on their portion up to the time of the Kuititanga. After that came Mr. Hadfield and after that the treaty of Waitangi and Hoeta’s ‘papa’ were there occupying. Their ‘pa’ was Rangiuru. As the ‘whakapono’ increased Hoeta and his ‘matua’ went to Oroua. It was after the treaty. We and Nga Ruinga remained. Nga Ruinga and I cultivated this land, a portion outside and portion inside the boundaries shown in the plan before the court. Tiemi and his mother lived at Rangiuru. After that Rangiuru was left and Ngati Kapu came to Pukekaraka and then the house of his mother was first put on this land. Nga Ruinga was my mother’s elder sister’s child. She went to Ereni told her to move her house as the land belonged to some one else to move it to Marino’s land. She and Marino ‘Ngangare’d. I was present Ereni replaced that her’s was only “he noho noa iho”. She staid there till she removed to Marino’s land as stated by Tiemi.
Xd by Tiemi
Hoeta was a ‘pakeke’ at the time of Rangiuru. Hoeta is wrong in saying he was ‘tamariki’ at that time. The ‘whare paraki’ ‘a to papa’ was on this land. Erina said when Nga Ruinga went to her, that it was a ‘noho noa iho’ and that she should move to Marino under the year. It was up to the time of leaving Rangiuru that I cultivated. The wooden house was after the survey of the Otaki township – after the Bishop’s talk.
By Te Poari
It was during the occupation of Tiemi’s mother that Nga Ruinga told her to move off. It was perhaps a year or two before she did move on to Marino’s land. Tiemi is a tamaiti of mine. Te Peina is a “korona’ of Tiemi.
By Judge
It was not 3 years after, that the house was moved. I should think it was one or perhaps two.
By Tieme
Your house was not on the land more than 2 years.
Verbatim evidence
Renao Wharepakaru
No Ngati Kauwhata. E mohio ana au ki te whenua e mau i te mapi nei. No mua atu i Haowhenua e tu ana ai, ko nga whenua tenei i mahia ai ki te kai mo te whawhai ki Haowhenua. No te mutunga o te whawhai ka haere atu a Ngatiraukawa ki Manawatu and Rangitikei. No te hokinga mai katahi ano ka mahia, nga mahi i konei ano nga papa o Hoeta e mahi ana i tenei whenua, e konei ano e tu ana nga wharepuni a tae noa mai ki te Kuititanga nei e mahi tonu ana nga matua o Hoeta. Mate moa te Kuititanga. Ko te Harawira tena muri iho, ko te Tiriti ki Waitangi, e mahi tonu ana ano nga matua o Hoeta kua nui haere te whakapono i muri i te Tiriti ka haere a Hoeta ratou ko ana matua ki Oroua, a noho iho ko matou anake, ko Ngaruinga, ko te kai mahi o enei whenua ko Ngaruinga ko au tetahi. Ka noho ano te whaea me te papa o Tiemi ki Rangiuru muri iho ka haere a Ngati Kapu ki Pukekaraka no reira i tu ai te whare o taua whaea ki konei, no te tunga katahi ka haere atu taku tuahine a Ngaruinga, ki te ki atu ki Erena, “kaua e tu te whare ki reira. Engari me haere atu ki to Marino whenua, tu ai”, a Ngangare ana raua ko Marino katahi ka kia Erena “he noho noa iho” taua i reira. Muri iho ka mutu te noho a Erena i reira ka haere mai kit a Marino. Ke to Tiemi e korero nei.
Xd by Tiemi
E mohio ana au he pakeke a Hoeta i Rangiuru ko to ratou nohonga i Rangiuru no mua i te haerenga atu ki Rangitikei e he ana te kupu a Hoeta, “he iti raua ia i Rangiuru”, e mohio ana au ki te tunga o to koutou whare it u ki runga ki tenei whenua ko te take i koe ai e haere i mua no te kupu a Erena “he noho noa iho”. E mohio ana au ki te mutunga o taku mahi i konei no te hekenga ma ii Rangiuru ki roto nein oho ai. I muri iho i te taenga mai o Pihopa Herewini ki Rangiuru. Engari e whakahe ana au ki te tunga o te koutou i mua atu o te taone nei. Engari rite tonu ki te whakaarahanga o Rangiatea i tu ai to koutou whare.
By Poari
Kaore i tata mai nga tupuna a Tiemi ki tenei rohe, engari a Te Peina ma kaore au i rongo i mua i te whakatakatoranga o nga rohe. I Poneke ana e noho ana i te pakeha a e whakatika ana au ki to ratou nohoanga i reira e tata tonu aua ana wahi te mea i hokona kia Dr. Hewson me tenei e korerotia nei. Ko naga tangata i tata a ratou mahinga ki enei. Ko te Peina and Wereta Rarua ki Tiemi hei tamaiti ki a au. Kaore au i kite i tenei ruritanga me te tunga o te kooti tuatahi. Kaore au i kite i rongo ana matou i te hokonga o tenei it a Marino ma Renata i hoko. Kaore au e rongo kupu ana a Te Peina ki a ratou ana whenua ko ona whenua hoko katoa ai e ia. Kaore a Hoeta i mahi engari ana papa.
By Judge
Kaore au e mohio ki nga tau i noho ai ratou e rua ranei, kotahi ranei i konei ano au e noho ana i to ratou haerenga mai ki to Marino noho ai, ko a ratou tau i noho ai e reira kaore i tae atu ki te toru tau.
By Tiemi
E oati pono ana au ki te kooti kotahi tau i tu ai to kou tou whare ki tenei whenua. Kaore i toru tau.
Court adjourned at 12.30 pm to 3pm.
Court resumed at 3 pm.
Hoeta Kahuhui called – did not appear
Absent seeking a witness – (Te Peina).
Court adjourned till tomorrow at 10 am.
