NATIVE LANDS AND NATIVE-LAND TENURE: INTERIM REPORT OF NATIVE LAND COMMISSION, ON NATIVE LANDS IN THE COUNTY OF TAURANGA.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1908 Session I, G-01d

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1908. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LANDS AND NATIVE-LAND TENURE: INTERIM REPORT OF NATIVE LAND COMMISSION, ON NATIVE LANDS IN THE COUNTY OF TAURANGA.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Native Land Commission, Helensville, 28th March, 1908. May it please Your Excellency,— We have the honour to transmit an interim report on Native lands in the County of Tauranga. The area covered by the report is 33,160 acres, comprising the lands owned by the hapus of the Arawa Tribe, in the said county. " The Thermal Springs District Act, 1881," did not operate in this district. This accounts for the fact that so much of the original area of Native land has been sold either to the Crown or to Europeans, and that comparatively so little is left to the Maori owners. The lands have been subdivided into very small blocks, but not individualised in the true sense, or partitioned even into family holdings. Thus the Paengaroa Blocks, North and South, are held by hapus or subtribes, and the titles are fairly congested—so much so that it has been extremely difficult to obtain leases since the general removal of restrictions against leasing came into operation In some of these cases the owners have asked us to recommend the incorporation of the small holdings. A small area will be made available for leasing to Europeans or to other Maoris in this way. The blocks recommended for Maori occupation represent lands in actual occupation except in the case of Ngatipahiko and subdivisions, which are virgin bush. The'Tapuika hapu living at Te Puke and Kangiuru have very little land, and the provision made for them, even if their areas now under lease to Europeans are taken into consideration, is not too ample. Most of the lands shown as under lease to Europeans have been only recently taken up, many of the leases being still incomplete. The Maketu Natives own a little land in this county, the bulk of their land being in the thermal springs district in Kotorua County, already dealt with in our Rotorua report. The area set aside for their occupation is small, but, with the lands in the thermal springs district proposed to be reserved, should be ample for their present needs.

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The area recommended for general settlement is 2,428 acres, and it is the general desire of the Natives that it should be sold by auction. Summary. A. R. P. Lands under lease or negotiation for lease .. .. .. 14,408 2 4 Lands subject to proceedings for'removal of restrictions to enable sale .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 210 1 0 Lands recommended for Maori occupation .. .. .. 14,427 011 Lands recommended to be incorporated, and will be available for lease to Maoris or Europeans .. .. . . .. 1,685 2 4 Lands recommended for sale .. .. .. .. 2,428 2 18 33,159 3 37 The balance of lands in the Tauranga County we propose to deal with at Tauranga at the earliest opportunity. We have the honour to be, Your Excellency's most humble and obedient servants, Robert Stout, A. T. Ngata, Commissioners.

SCHEDULE.

A.—Lands under Lease or Negotiations for Lease.

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Paengaroa North A No. 2 I.A No. 3 C No. 1 C No. 2 C No. 3 F No. 1 (part) .. F No. 2 Pukaingataru B No. 11 B No. 12 B No. 13 B No. 22 B No. 23 B No. 24 B No. 25 Maungarangi B No. Iα .. B No. Iβ .. B No. lc .. B No. Id .. B No. 1g .. B No. 1h .. B No. Ik .. B No. In .. B No. 1p .. B No. 2a .. B No. 2d .. B No. 2e .. B No. 6a .. B No. 6b .. .: B No. 6d .. „ B No. 7b ,. 219 79 100 25 23 46 57 62 126 3 9 9 37 2 2 2 2 A. K. P. 85 0 0 388 0 0 169 0 0 48 0 0 52 2 0 18 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 122 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 270 0 0 200 0 0 13 1 35 13 1 35 13 1 35 13 1 35 10 1 16 16 3 13 10 0 16 10 0 16 13 1 35 10 0 19 Under negotiation. Area. Under negotiation. Expires in two years. 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 16 3 1 20 10 0 14 10 0 14 6 2 38 11 0 37

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A.—Lands under Lease or Negotiations for Lease — continued.

A1.—Lands in respect of which Application for Removal of Restrictions to enable Sale Are pending.

Name of Blook. Owners. Area. Be marks. Ngatipabiko B No. 3a 1 B No. 3a 2 B No. 3c 1 B No. 3c 2 B No. 3c 3 B No. 3c 4 B No. 3c 5 B No. 3c 6 (part) .. B No. 3c 7 „ Tumukaituna 9b 10b „ 11a and 11b (part) ,, 1 and 6b .. „ 2 and 5b .. „ 3 and 4b .. Rauotehuia Bl B2 B3 .. :. B4 Part Whakapoukorero Part Waewaetutuki Te Karangi B No. 2 Rangiuru A (portion), part 2d „ B (portion), part 2d Part Otamarakau Pukehina A .. „ E „ F partL „ M Te Puke Iα (part) „ Iβ „ ;; ■■ „ 2c 4 „ 2d Section 25 Block 2, Maketu Survey District Section 27, ditto Section 30 „ Section 18 ,, Kenana No. 1 .. No. 2a Waitepuia No. 1 (part) 1 1 11 24 9 9 6 2 15 96 68 193 3 15 1 5 189 28 16 33 33 8 27 11 22 30 28 I 79 j 1 5 14 A. B. P. 54 3 0 44 3 0 ■ 546 1 21 229 3 33 194 1 18 297 0 4 623 1 30 100 0 0 100 0 0 13 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 325 0 0 216 0 0 322 0 0 97 2 26 136 2 37 19 2 7 39 0 10 126 0 0 1,000 0 0 43 0 0 38 0 0 178 0 0 1,400 0 0 2,236 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 2,540 0 0 88 0 0 61 0 0 180 0 0 17 1 0 87 0 0 35 0 0 »• Under negotiation. 4 1 1 48 58 23 20 0 0 30 0 0 24 2 0 48 1 0 146 0 0 112 0 0 Total 14,408 2 4 I

Name of Block. Owners. ■ Area. Remarks. Paengaroa North F 3a .. F 3b .. G .. H .. Te Puke 2c 1 .. „ 2c 2 .. „ 2c 3 .. 2 73 A. B. P. 66 0 0 74 0 0 20 0 0 9 2 0 13 2 0 i9 0 0 18 1 0 1 3 1 Total 210 1 0

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B. —Lands recommended to be reserved for Maori Occupation under. Part II of "The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907."

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. 'aengaroa North B No. 3 D No. Iα D No. Iβ D No. lc D No. Id D No. 1e D No. If D No. 1g D No. 1h D No. 2 E part F No. 1 'aengaroa South Iα and In 'ukaingataru B No. 1 .. B No. 2 .. B No. 3 .., B No. 5 .. L .. 31 24 21 25 14 12 16 5 6 4 248 87 6 184 121 104 65 A. R. P. 34 0 8 45 0 0 64 0 0 72 0 0 43 0 0 39 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 0 282 0 0 3 0 0 200 0 0 155 0 0 100 0 0 90 0 0 To be leased to Tauhu Kingi, Te Hai Kingi, and Era Waata. For lease to Maoris. B No. 6 .. B No. 7 .. B No. 8 • ■ B No. 9 B No. 10.. B No. 16.. B No. 17.. B No. 18.. BNo. 19.. B No. 20.. B No. 21.. [aungarangi B No. 1e .. B No. If .. B No. 1j .. B No. 1l .. B No. Iμ.. B No. lo .. B No. lR--B No. Is .. B No. It .. B 2b B 2c B 2f B 3a B 3b B 3c ■ „ B 3d B 3e B 3f B 3g B 3h B 4 B5 B 6c B 7a B 7c fgatipahiko B No. 3a 3 B No. 3a 4 B No. 3c 4a B No. 3c 6 (part) B No. 3c 7 „ B No. 3c 8 B No. 3c 9 B No. 3c 10 B No. 3c 11 B No. 3c 12 B No. 4 .. I .. I I I 89 139 106 93 190 111 47 80 54 43 60 2 2 10 2 4 1 5 5 3 9 17 40 16 7 28 2 2 2 2 2 16 11 2 2 4 1 1 1 20 2 24 1 8 5 2 4 51 0 0 166 0 0 181 0 0 170 0 0 240 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 22 0 0 28 0 0 11 3 6 8 1 27 26 3 31 6 2 38 13 1 35 3 1 20 18 2 3 20 0 33 5 0 11 43 3 17 79 1 3 111 1 11 75 2 35 30 1 7 89 0 29 10 0 16 13 1 32 10 0 16 10 0 16 5 0 9 77 3 0 49 0 0 10 0 14 16 3 16 62 3 27 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 692 0 25 155 1 35 773 3 0 109 3 36 289 2 30 73 1 24 117 1 24 50 0 0 For lease to Maoris. To be incorporated. jj For lease to Maoris. To be leased to Te Tapore Teia. Burial-ground. >> Cemetery reserve.

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B. —Lands recommended to be reserved for Maori Occupation under Part II of "The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907 "—continued.

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Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Tunra-Kaituna 7b 8b part 11a and 11b 12 ,, 3 and 4b Rauotehuia C .. Part Whakapoukorero 64 61 56 17 193 41 189 A. R. P. 52 0 0 502 0 0 374 0 0 50 0 0 333 0 0 14 0 0 200 0 0 Portion not leased. Portion not leased. Part Waewaetutuki Te Karangi A .. Rangiuru Iα .. Iβ „ 2a „ 2b „ 2c .. ,, C portion 2d .. Part Otamarakau Pukehina B „ C ., G „ H „ J „ K ,, part L „ M Te Puke No. Iα (part) No. Iβ „ .. No. lc No. Iβ No. 1e No. 2a 1 No. 2a 2 No. 2b Section 26 Block II, Maketu Survey District 28, ditto „ 29 , „ 19 ,, Kenana 2b 1 .. 2b 2a.. „ 2b 2b „ 2b3 2b 4 .. 2b 5 .. " „ 2b 6 2b 7 .. .. 2b8 2b 9 .. 2b 10 .. 2b 11 .. 2b 12.. 2b 13.. „ 2b 14 Part Waitepuia No. 1 .. 140 21 21 370 0 0 594 0 0 407 0 36 341 3 3 480 1 23 520 0 21 98 2 0 689 3 20 150 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 114 0 0 48 0 0 3 0 0 1,660 0 0 395 0 0 376 0 0 354 0 0 155 0 0 46 0 0 0 3 0 Belonging to Retireti, Tapihana, and party. Portion not leased. ■ 150 I 33 115 8 1 34 34 3 11 22 30 28 19 8 77 3 76 14 1 Balance unleased. Balance unleased. )) jj j» Cemetery. \ 17 0 0 Balance unleased. 153 0 0 15 0 0 5 3 1 15 6 12 9 7 3 14 10 14 3 21 26 19 18 4 20 0 0 20 0 0 43 2 0 33 2 4 10 2 31. 19 3 21 12 3 29 9 0 24 4 2 14 22 3 19 16 1 5 19 3 12 7 2 25 33 0 24 31 3 7 28 3 31 33 1 10 4 2 18 10 0 0 Part unleased. Total 14,427 0 11

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C.—Lands recommended to be incorporated under Section 28 of "The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907."

D.—Lands recommended for Settlement under Part I of "The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907."

Approximate. Cost of Paper. — Preparation, not given printing (1,500 copies), £H 18s. Bd.

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Name of Block. i Owners. Area. Remarks. Paengaroa North B No. 1 B No. 9 B No. 9 Paengaroa South No. 1.. Pukehina D .. Waihi No. 5 .. Section 10, Block III, Maketu Survey District Pukaingataru B No. 4 .. B No. 14.. B No. 15.. 51 56 341 76 8 7 A. B. P. 50 2 3 37 0 39 400 0 0 918 1 22 50 0 0 19 1 20 50 0 0 Owners desire to lease by auction. if Swamp and flax land. For leasing. ii j) >i 56 77 117 75 0 0 35 0 0 50 0 0 ii M Total 1,685 2 4

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Paengaroa South No. 2.. No. 3.. No. 4.. No. 5.. No. 6a No. 6b No. 6c No. 7.. No. 8.. No. 9.. No. 10 48 6 47 96 31 18 1.5 33 13 86 38 a. r. p. 403 3 7 115 2 34 544 0 30 664 3 27 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Total 2,428 2 18