1888. New Zealand. Native Land Claims in Marlborough (Report On), By Mr. Alexander Mackay

Mr. Alex. Mackay to the Hon. the Native Minister.

Sir,—

Temuka, 9th May, 1887.

I have the honour to transmit herewith my report on an inquiry held at the Wairau in May of last year relative to the necessity of making further provision in land to meet the requirement of the Natives belonging to that district and the Pelorus, and beg respectfully to request that the same may be laid before His Excellency the Governor, to whom it is addressed.

I have, &c.,
A. Mackay.

The Hon. the Native Minister, Wellington.

May it please your Excellency,—

In pursuance of the instructions contained in the Commission issued to me by your Excellency, dated the 12th day of May, 1886, I convened a meeting of the Natives residing in the Wairau and Pelorus on the 19th of the same month at the Native pa, Wairau, for the following purposes:—

1.	To inquire into all cases of Natives alleged to be unprovided with land;
2.	To inquire into cases where it is asserted that the lands hitherto set apart are inadequate for the maintenance and support of the Natives on whose behalf such provision was made;
3.	To inquire into the cases of all half-castes in the Middle Island whose names are not included in any Acts of the Legislature who may still be unprovided with land;
4.	To ascertain and furnish the names, addresses, and sex of all such persons, and recommend in what quantities and in what localities land should be set apart and awarded to eaeh for cultivation and settlement purposes.

Before detailing the result of my inquiry it is advisable that a brief statement be made of the early circumstances in connection with the setting-apart of reserves for the persons (or their predecessors) on whose behalf the inquiry was held.

Under the terms of a deed of sale known as "the Waipounamu purchase," executed at Wellington on the 10th August, 1853, between the Ngatitoa Tribe and the Government, it was agreed, inter alia, that certain reservations of land should be made for the resident Natives, the extent and position thereof to be determined by the Governor.

In fulfilment of this condition, 770 acres were reserved at the Wairau for cultivation purposes and 200 acres at White's Bay for a fishing-station; and in the Pelorus 998 acres were set apart, but, as 238 acres of this quantity were allotted to certain persons as a special award, this area cannot be reckoned as a portion of the general estate. The actual quantity available for this purpose would therefore be 760 acres, and the gross total in both places would be 1,530 acres, exclusive of the 200 acres at White's Bay, which, being of inferior quality and unfit for cultivation, is not included.

The Native population in 1856, at the time the reserves were made, numbered 219, of whom 120 resided in the Wairau and 99 in the Pelorus. The acreage set apart for Native purposes in both districts, averaged over the whole number, amounts to seven acres per individual, and had the Natives not supplemented the quantity by purchasing Crown land they would have been very badly off. They did not feel so much the want of an increased area in the early days while the country was only sparsely populated by the Europeans; but, as they are now hemmed in on all sides, and page 2their requirements are much greater than in former times owing to their food supplies being cut off or considerably interfered with, they now find that the land set apart for them, for the reasons stated as well as other causes, is inadequate to their wants.

At the inquiry it was ascertained that there were 245 persons, inclusive of half-castes, who were insufficiently provided for; and I would beg to recommend that land to the extent of five thousand acres should be selected and set apart in suitable localities, for the purpose of enabling an area of twenty acres to be allotted to each individual, less the quantity already possessed.

It is impossible at present, owing to their reserves not having been subdivided amongst them, to determine the quantity now possessed per individual; and this can only be ascertained after the Native Land Court has sat in the locality. In the meantime, however, it would be advisable that action be taken to secure the land needed to increase the reserves.

I endeavoured, in accordance with the instructions contained in the last part of paragraph 4, to select land for the purpose, but found myself unable to fulfil the duty owing to the numerous obstructions that interfered with the due carrying-out of the requirement.

As far as I could ascertain at the Land Office, Blenheim, all the desirable spots on the shores of Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds suitable for Native occupation, and which they desired to acquire as possessing some peculiar advantages, were, for the most part, reserved as sites for fishery reserves, or were occupied under lease or license for pastoral purposes.

The Pelorus Natives were very desirous to secure a block of land up the Rae Valley, at the junction of a stream called the Rongo with the River Rae; but all the country in that locality has been proclaimed under the State Forests Act. Other localities where they desire to secure land are within the Wakamarina Goldfield, and unavailable without specially withdrawn.

I have the honour to attach hereto, in compliance with the first part of paragraph 4, schedules containing the particulars required relative to the names, addresses, and sex of the persons on whose behalf the inquiry was made, as well as a list of the lands alluded to.

All this is respectfully submitted to your Excellency.

Signed and sealed this 9th day of May, 1887.

A. Mackay.

A.—List of Ngatikuia Natives residing in the Pelorus and Elsewhere.

Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Age.		Abode.
Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Under 15.	Over 15.	Abode.
Ngatikuia	1	Harota Hemi	F.		x	Pelorus.
„	2	Hemi Whiro	M.		x	„
„	3	Kepa Hemi	M.		x	„
„	4	Hakaraia Hemi	M.		x	„
„	5	Watene Hemi	M.		x	„
„	6	Te Pou Hemi	M.		x	„
„	7	Hiria Hemi	F.		x	„
„	8	Kiti Hemi	F.		x	„
„	9	Iria Hemi	M.		x	„
„	10	Amiria Hemi	F.	x		„
„	11	Te Kuraihanu Hemi	M.	x		„
„	12	Unaiki Hemi	F.	x		„
„	13	Kipa Hemi	M.	x		„
„	14	Teone Hiparaiti	M.		x	„
„	15	Teo Hiparaiti	M.		x	„
„	16	Maraea Hiparaiti	F.		x	„
„	17	Ema Hiparaiti	F.	x		„
„	18	Mere Hiparaiti	F.	x		„
„	19	Rora Hiparaiti	F.	x		„
„	20	Taare Hiparaiti	M.	x		„
„	21	Matina Hiparaiti	M.	x		Rangitoto.
„	22	Ihaka Tekateka	M.		x	Wairau.
„	23	Huria Ihaka	F.		x	Pelorus
„	24	Tamati Wirihana	M.	x		„
„	25	Pani Wirihana	F.		x	„
„	26	Tiritiri Wirihana	M.		x	„
„	27	Meihana Kereopa	M.		x	„
„	28	Rena Makitonore	F.		x	„
„	29	Kainu Meihana	M.		x	„
„	30	Tahuaraki Meihana	M.		x	„
„	31	Harena Meihana	F.		x	„
„	32	Amiria Meihana	F.		x	„
„	33	Hana Meihana	F.		x	„
„	34	Pirihira Meihana	F.	x		„
„	35	Kaaro Meihana	F.	x		„
„	36	Oriwia Kereopa	F.		x	Rangitoto.page 3
„	37	Haimona Turi	M.		x	Pelorus
„	38	Taare Hiparaiti	M.		x	„
„	39	Timoti Hiparaiti	M.	x		„
„	40	Teone Hiparaiti	M.	x		„
„	41	Kunari Hiparaiti	M.	x		„
„	42	Raima Hiparaiti	F.		x	„
„	43	Hama Hamuera	M.		x	„
„	44	Riria Hamuera	F.		x	„
„	45	Kumeroa Matina	M.		x	„
„	46	Huriana Matina	F.		x	„
„	47	Mere Matina	F.		x	„
„	48	Teone Karipi	M.		x	Waikato.
„	49	Tamohanga Karipi	M.	x		„
„	50	Hoani Karipi	M.	x		„
„	51	Teata Karepe		x		„
„	52	Tame Wiremu	M.		x	Manawatu.
„	53	Wirihana Pitama	M.		x	Motueka.
„	54	Tukihono Wi Piti	M.		x	Taranaki.
„	55	Tiemi Hapakuku	M.		x	Wairarapa.
„	56	Pani Iharaira	M.		x	Pelorus
„	57	Kehaia Iharaira	F.		x	„
„	58	Hohepa Pokiki	M.		x	„
„	59	Eruera Kaipara	M.		x	„
„	60	Paora te Piki	M.		x	Kaituna.
„	61	Kiti Paora	F.		x	„
„	62	Hapi Tauhanga	M.		x	Pelorus
„	63	Harata Tauhanga	F.		x	„
„	64	Arihia Makarini	F.		x	Poroutawhao.
„	65	Tiro Makarini		x		Pelorus
„	66	Roka Hapi	F.		x	„
„	67	Pirimona Pokiki	M.		x	„
„	68	Henare Temutini	M.	x		„
„	69	Rora Pairama	F.		x	„
„	70	Kerenapu Kereopa	F.		x	Rangitoto.
„	71	Hoani Pokiki	M.		x	Pelorus
„	72	Mere Pokiki	F.		x	„
„	73	Mere Tahuaraki	F.		x	„
„	74	Neha Tauhanga	M.		x	„

B.—List of Rangitane Natives living in the Wairau, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Elsewhere.

Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Age.		Abode.
Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Under 15.	Over 15.	Abode.
Rangitane	1	Teote Makitonare	M.		x	Wairau.
„	2	Wirihana Maui	M.		x	„
„	3	Hapa te Rangihiroa	M.		x	„
„	4	Hekeira Paora			x	„
„	5	Ihaia Nahota	M.		x	„
„	6	Koroneho Titi	M.		x	„
„	7	Hapimana Taumaru	M.		x	„
„	8	Manihera Irihana	M.		x	„
„	9	Mehaka Watere	M.		x	„
„	10	Heteraka Watere	M.		x	„
„	11	Meihana Tupou	M.		x	„
„	12	Mere Kauae	F.		x	„
„	13	Kerehi Reweti	F.		x	„
„	14	Mere Hapareta	F.		x	„
„	15	Tiripa Hakaraia	F.		x	„
„	16	Rawiri Mehaka	M.	x		„
„	17	Teoti Ihaka	M.	x		„page 4
„	18	Tuiti Makitonore	M.	x		Wairau
„	19	Pita Makitonore	M.	x		„
„	20	Hoani Makitonore	M.	x		„
„	21	Hori Makitonore	M.	x		„
„	22	Manihera Hekura	M.	x		„
„	23	Ropata Tupori	M.	x		„
„	24	Rea Makitonore	F.	x		„
„	25	Meri Makitonore	F.	x		„
„	26	Hane Makitonore	F.	x		„
„	27	Heni Hekira	F.	x		„
„	28	Kereopa Pura	M.	x		Totaranui.
„	29	Kere Kereopa	M.		x	„
„	30	Pita Mete	M.		x	„
„	31	Tini Hemi	F.		x	„
„	32	Pipi Kere	F.		x	„
„	33	Tiripa Tere	F.		x	„
„	34	Hariata Kere	F.	x		„
„	35	Mere Kere	F.	x		„
„	36	Teone Kere	M.	x		„
„	37	Tera te Mete	F.	x		„
„	38	Heni te Mete	F.	x		„
„	39	Teoti te Mete	M.	x		„
„	40	Teone te Mete	M.	x		„
„	41	Wiremu te Mete	M.	x		„
„	42	Tiaki Harare	M.		x	Porirua.
„	43	Tiini Moa	F.		x	„
„	44	Paranga Moa	M.	x		„
„	45	Hapareta Moa	M.	x		„
„	46	Hoani Moa	M.	x		„
„	47	Hariki Moa	M.	x		„
„	48	Wiremu Moa	M.	x		„
„	49	Hori Moa	M.	x		„
„	50	Ani Moa	F.	x		„
„	51	Wi Makerei (McCrae)	M.	x		„
„	52	Hiakai Ranginui	M.	x		Wairarapa.
„	53	Wera Ranginui	M.	x		„
„	54	Paraniha Ranginui	F.	x		„
„	55	Tiemi Moa	M.	x		Porirua
„	56	Paraniha Mihaka	F.		x	Wairau
„	57	Ruihi Meihana	F.		x	„

B1.—List of Ngaitahu Natives living in the Pelorus and Elsewhere.

Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Age.		Abode.
Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Under 15.	Over 15.	Abode.
Ngaitahu	1	Tire te Pou	F.		x	Pelorus
„	2	Peti Iharaira	F.		x	„
„	3	Meretana te Whatarangi	F.		x	„
„	4	Pirihira Ngamiro	F.		x	„
„	5	Maraea Raniera	F.		x	Rangitoto.
„	6	Maka Wikiharoa	M.		x	Hoiere.
„	7	Arakira Kainu			x	„
„	8	Haromi Kipa	F.		x	„
„	9	Riria Hiparaiti	F.		x	Rangitoto.
„	10	Miriama Heruera	F.		x	Pelorus
„	11	Henare Otanara	M.	x		„

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C.—List of Half-Castes belonging to the Rangitane, Ngatikuia, and other Tribes residing in the Northern Part of the Middle Island.

Tribe or Hapu.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Age.		Abode.
Tribe or Hapu.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Under 15.	Over 15.	Abode.
Ngatihinetu	1	Mary Mulroy	F.		x	Blenheim.
„	2	James Mulroy	M.		x	Westport.
„	3	Susan Mulroy	F.		x	Wellington.
Ngatirarua	4	Mere Hare Rore	F.		x	Wairau
„	5	Irihapeti Rore	F.		x	„
„	6	William Tapata	M.		x	„
Ngatitoa	7	Richard O'Brien	M.		x	„
„	8	Jack O'Brien	M.		X	„
„	9	Frank O'Brien	M.		X	„
„	10	Hana O'Brien	F.		X	„
„	11	Rene O'Brien	F.		x	„
„	12	Makera Nera	F.		x	„
Ngatikoata	13	James Walker	M.		x	Pelorus
„	14	Henry Walker	M.		x	Otago Heads.
„	15	Mary Ann Moore	F.		x	Wellington.
„	16	Jane Smith	F.		x	Waikawa, Q.C.S.
„	17	Phœbe Smith	F.		x	Anamahanga.
„	18	Peter Smith	M.		x	Port Gore.
„	19	Mary Cribb	F.		x	Pelorus
„	20	Tilly White	F.		x	„
„	21	Dick White	M.		x	„
„	22	Hemi White	M.		x	Wakapuaka.
Ngatitama	23	Wi Katene Paramata	M.		x	Motueka.
„	24	Ruti Kerei	F.		x	„
Ngatitama	25	Pare Takarei	F.	x		Takaka.
Ngatiawa	26	Reupena Moroki	M.		x	Motueka.
„	27	Te Hata Tapata	F.		x	Motueka.
Ngatitama	28	Iharara Meihana	M.		x	Takaka.
„	29	Henry Aldridge	M.		x	Foxton.
„	30	Elizabeth Aldridge (Mrs. J. P. Robinson)	F.		x	Blenheim.
„	31	Alice Mary Aldridge (Mrs. Redmond)	F.		x	Wellington.
„	32	Charles Aldridge	M.		x	Greymouth.
„	33	William Aldridge	M.		x	Foxton.

D.—List of Ngatitoa and Ngatikoata belonging to the Pelorus and Wairau.

Tribe or Hapu.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Age.		Abode.
Tribe or Hapu.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Under 15.	Over 15.	Abode.
Ngatitoa and Ngatikoata	1	Rore Pakerehua	M.		x	Pelorus
„	2	Rawiri Rowiana	M.		x	„
„	3	Mohi Nopera	M.		x	Wakapuaka.
„	4	Pairama te Rukanga	M.		x	Pelorus
„	5	Tara Pungarehu	M.		x	„
„	6	Maka Kiharoa	M.		x	„
„	7	Weti Rapana	M.		x	„
„	8	Raha Nopera	M.		x	Wakapuaka.
„	9	Kaumoana te Wehenga	F.		x	Pelorus
„	10	Atiraera Nopera	F.		x	Wakapuaka.
„	11	Rangiauhaha	F.		x	Pelorus
„	12	Mariama Nopera	F.	x		Wakapuaka.
„	13	Turama Nopera	M.	x		„
„	14	Pouta Nopera	M.	x		„
„	15	Rea Nopera	F.	x		„
„	16	Wiremu Peneta	M.		x	Wairau
„	17	Rawiri Peneta	M.		x	„
„	18	Meihana Weta	M.		x	„
„	19	Tuiti te Au	M.		x	„
„	20	Hera Rangitiari	F.		x	„
„	21	Hamaka	M.		x	„
„	22	Tamihana Ngataiawa	M.		x	„

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E.—List of Ngatirarua Natives belonging to the Wairau.

Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Age.		Abode.
Tribe.	No.	Name.	Sex.	Under 15.	Over 15.	Abode.
„	1	Hetaraka Waritu	M.		x	Wairau
„	2	Reupene Pokia	M.		x	„
„	3	Ha Pokia	M.		x	„
„	4	Hare Rore	M.		x	„
„	5	Tana Ruku	M.		x	„
„	6	Tenuera Kerei	M.		x	„
„	7	Teiti Kerei	F.		x	„
„	8	Tapata Wiremu	M.		x	„
„	9	Herehere Herangi	M.		x	„
„	10	Kore Kore	M.		x	„
„	11	Rawiri Parana	M.		x	Motueka
„	12	Moari Paora	M.		x	„
„	13	Tauru Piripi			x
„	14	Mona Heikera	F.		x	Wairau
„	15	Hera Hone	F.		x	„
„	16	Roka Tana	F.		x	„
„	17	Pare Kerei	F.		x	„
„	18	Tioti Wirihana	F.		x	Motueka
„	19	Ruihi Hapereta	F.		x	Wairau
„	20	Te Hui Rewiri	F.	x		Motueka
„	21	Makere Mera	F.			„
„	22	Tame Kerei	M.	x		Wairau
„	23	Hamahona Kerei	M.	x		„
„	24	Ramera Kerei	M.	x		„
„	25	Wirehana Tana	M.	x		„
„	26	Tuatara
„	27	Topere Mere	F.			Wairau
„	28	Roka Katene	F.			„
„	29	Karo Kerei	F.	x		„
„	30	Reta Kerei	F.	x		„
„	31	Repeka Kerei	F.	x		„
„	32	Ngahopi Tana	F.	x		„
„	33	Te Ronga Tana	F.	x		„
„	34	Ramari Tapata	F.	x		„
„	35	Heni Katene	F.		x	„
„	36	Rahapa Mera	F.	x		„
„	37	Tumata Hakopa				„
„	38	Tuupere				„
„	39	Tamati Mokena	M.	x		„
„	40	Pouna Reupena	M.	x		„
„	41	Te Tauru Piripi	F.		x	„
„	42	Ngapuki Parana	F.		x	„
„	43	Pumipi Hone	M.			„
„	44	Wirihana Hone	M.			„
„	45	Raiha Mera	F.			„
„	46	Karani Wi Katene				„
„	47	Herewini Wi Katene	M.			„
„	48	Heni Wi Katene	F.			„

F.—Schedule of Land in Queen Charlotte Sound, Pelorus Valley, and Elsewhere that the Natives of the Wairau desired to have set apart for them.

Name or Situation of Land.	Survey District.	Remarks.
Anakoa Bay (land at the head of)	Gore	Marked on public plan as a fishery reserve.
Melville Cove	„	„ „ „
Resolution Bay	„	„ „ „
Pig Bay (Port Gore)	„
Dryden Bay (land to rear of)	„
Arthur Bay	„
Titirangi Run (land on)	„	Leased under Act of 1867. Compensation payable for determination of lease, which expires in 1896.page 7
Anauku	Gore	Government reserve.
Keneperu Run	Arapawa	Leased under Act of 1867. Compensation payable.
Starmount Run (a small piece of land for a fishery reserve)		„
Land beyond Section 3 and extending to the mouth of the Wairau River; includes and old cemetery	Cloudy Bay
Waikakaho Run (land on). Small patches in gullies; not much available	„	Under Marlborough Act of 1867 may be offered for sale without compensation. No right to select homestead.
Tuamarina Run (land on, up the Pukaki Valley)	„	Under Act of 1867 lessee has right to select 320 acres for a homestead. Natives want to secure land beyond for the sake of timber.
Maude Island (opposite to, on the Nelson side)	Orieri	Marked as a fishery reserve.
Tennyson Inlet (Tawa Bay)	„	„ „
Land to rear of Native Reserve No. 32	Wakamarina	Within the goldfield.
Mountain Camp Creek	„	„
Wakamarina River; land on the east bank between Section 61 and Mountain Camp Creek	„	Within the goldfield; also set apart for special-settlement purposes.
Pongo River, near its junction with the River Rae	Heringa and Wakamarina	Proclaimed under the State Forests Act.
Section 67, 69, 68, and 70	„	These sections are situated close to the junction of the Rae with the Pelorus, and are outside the lands proclaimed under the State Forests Act. The Land is liable to be flooded.

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