NATIVE LANDS COURT. Thursday, March 6, 1875.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 255, 13 March 1875, Page 2

NATIVE LANDS COURT. Thursday, March 6, 1875.

[Before Judge Rogan (presiding); Hone Petl; and WIKIBIWHI Tb Tuaha, Assessors.] Mangataikapua 7090 acres. Wi Haronga sworn said: I get my right to this land from my ancestor Tute-. puaki. Itjwcame his by right of conquest Ngai, Tamatea, are the tribal owners. Paora Haupa sworn : This land belongs to Ngai te ikairi rangi. The descendants of Ikairirangi, Kaiteina, Wheto and Kawahanariki are the owners of the land. I claim from Kaiteina. Hone Kewa corroborated the statement of previous witness, which Wi Haronga admitted to be correct. The Court ordered a memorial of ownership to issue. Hangatira, 5,750 acres. Wi Pere applied to conduct the ease for the claimants. Panapa Waihopi drew the attention of the court to the fact that a block of 360 acres, comprising the lower portion of the block had been applied for by himself for separate jurisdiction. Judge Bogan : Let the case go on and claim for your portion included in the plan. Wi Pere: The tribes who own this land are many. Te tanga mahaki is the principal claimant. The witness then read out the names of about 170 claimants, when thecourt rose. Friday, March 5, 1875. Tangihanga Block. An application for the survey fees of this block £145 2s 6d was allowed. Rangatira Block, (continued.) Panapa said he had a separate claim going through the Court for the lower portion of this block under the name of Heru Herua. Wi Pere questioned the correctness of the boundary line claimed by Panapa, and after some discussion it was decided to adjourn the case to allow of the surveyors’ evidence being taken. Mangataikapua Blcck. Mr. Campion’s claim for survey, £l3B was allowed. Waitangi Block, 2,846 acrrs. Hone Kewa sworn : This land belongs to Ngaitamatea and to them only. It comes to us from Runanga; the ancestor named is a descendant of Tamatea, we have lived on the laud, and our fire burns on it from Runanga’s time to the present. Saturday, March 6, 1875. Hone Kewa said that since the previous day hisparty had met some of the objectors. He admitted the correctness of Wharekauri’s claim, but not the others. Panapa Waihopi withdrew his objection. ‘i Wharekauri and Mrs. Jemima Black and Pita were admitted by the court. Memorial of ownership was ordered to issue. Papatu 6,500 acres. The applicant Hone Ruru wished this block to stand over until the arrival of the Native Minister.