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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

[No. 108.]

page 57

No. 108.

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette]

Native Reserves in the Ngatiruanui District made in Confiscated Lands
Notice..

Whereas the District of Ngatiruanui Coast was brought under the New Zealand Settlements Act and taken for settlement, subject to certain promises set forth in the order of confiscation, it is now notified for public information, and in order to show that the promise of the Government is not forgotten, that His Excellency has reserved the following lands within the district for surrendered insurgents, that is to say, the land comprised in Schedule A hereto for the benefit, use, or occupation of the people of the Tangahoe hapu of the Ngatiruanui Tribe, and the lands comprised in Schedule B hereto for the benefit, use, or occupation of the Pakakohi hapu of the same tribe, these hapus having lately returned to their allegiance; provided that the lands comprised in the said schedules are subject to more exact definition as to their boundaries, and as to the purposes for which, and the persons of either of the hapus respectively for whom, the same shall be specially set apart. And as to the land comprised in Schedule C, it is notified that the same has been, in fulfilment of the same promise feet apart far the use of Hone Pihama, a chief of the Tangahoe hapu, to be hereafter granted to him absolutely in recognition of his valuable services during two years; and in addition to the lands in the schedules other reserves will be made and hereafter described, to contain burial-places of certain chiefs and others of the Tribe of Ngatiruanui, and to be granted to the chief Tito te Hanataua.

J. C. Richmond.

Native Office, Wellington, 26th January 1867.

Schedule A.
Tangahoe Reserves.

1.Ten thousand acres of land, more or less. Bounded on the South-west by the River Tawhiti, a tributary of the Tangahoe; on the South-east by a survey-line drawn inland from near the junction of the Tangahoe and Tawhiti; on the North-west by a survey-line parallel to the line last named, and three miles distant from it; and on the North-east by a survey-line drawn at right angles to the two last-named lines, through a point on the former or south-eastern boundary five miles distant from the Tangahoe River: which block is intended to include, either wholly or in part, the places known as Turangarere, Otapawa, Taiporohenui, Whareroa, Ohangai, Matangarara and Pokaikai.
2.Five hundred acres of land, more or less, situated on the sea-coast between the rivers Waingongoro and Tangahoe. Bounded on the South-west by the sea-beach; and on the South-east, North-east, and North-west by survey-lines: which block is intended to include the place known as Whaukina, either wholly or in part.
3.One hundred acres of land, more or less, adjacent to and bounded on the East by the River Tangahoe; on the South by the sea-beach; and on the North and West by survey-lines: which block is intended to include the place-known as Tataramoa, either wholly or in part.

Schedule B.
Pakakohi Reserve.

1.Six thousand acres of land, more or less, adjacent to and bounded on the North-east by Tangahoe Reserve (No. 1, Schedule A); bounded on the South-east by a survey-line two miles distant from and parallel to the north-western boundary; and on the South-west and North-west by survey-lines: which block is intended to include, wholly or in part, the places known as Mokoia and Meremere.
2.Two thousand eight hundred acres, more or less. Bounded to the Southward by the River Mangamaire; on the North-west and South-east by survey-lines one mile distant from each other, and drawn parallel to the corresponding boundaries of the Pakakohi Reserve (No. 1, Schedule B); and to the Northward by a survey-line about five miles inland from the Mangamaire River before-named: which block, at its seaward extremity, is near to, but is not intended to include, the place known as Manutahi.
3.Two hundred acres, more or less. Bounded on the North arid West by the Tangahoe River; on the East by a survey-line; on the South by the Hingahapi River; on the South-west by the sea beach and survey-lines: which block is to include the site of the former Village of Manawapou.

Schedule C.
Hone Pihama's Reserve.

Five hundred acres. Bounde to the Westward by the Oeo River; to the Southward by the sea beach and to the Eastward and Northward by survey-lines.