NATIVE LANDS COURT, KAIAPOI.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5949, 20 March 1880, Page 5

NATIVE LANDS COURT, KAIAPOI.

; This Court'resumed yesterday at 10 s.m. before Bis Honor Judge Symonds and Hoahi Taipuar (Native Assessor); Mr F. Hammond (Interpreter). ■ Applications to be placed on the lists as participators in the reserves were heard and determined;.:’.; v Te One Rihu i applied to bo placed on the list of the Ngotihurihia Hapu. He was objected to byMotena Pika and Mata Mokomoko, os being alreadyon other reserves. (At this stage the. Rey jl. W. Stack;took his place on the Bench)*' After hearing the evidence the application was granted, as ho was proved to have been residing in Kaiapoi at the time of Mr Bailer’a visit in 1860, and theNgatihurihia list was finally ,passed. Wereta Tainui, Ripini Waipapa, Tetura, and Ibia Tainui applied to be put on the list for the Ngfttiwaewae Hapu, and their applications were granted. The Ngatiwaewae list was finally passed as correct, after the names of Hana Teura, Aui Teura, 'Mata Wera Teura and Tare.Teura had been struck off as being non-residents at t-e time specified, viz., 1860. ! ;

Hoani Urn applied to have the children of Arapata Hbrau—HerA Hbran ingbd 13, Tini Horan aged 8, and Mukarita Horau aged 10— placed on the list for the Ngaitamahaki Hapu, as although Ampata-Horau is now dead,*he was living in Kaiapoi in 1860. • The application was granted and the list was passed. Reura Irikapna “applied to bo put on the hsb for the Tnapaoa Haph, as he was in' Kaiapoi in 1860, and belonged to the Tnapaoa Hapu. Application granted; Tie Oni Tikao Wira applied to. hare his name inserted in this list also, as his father, who was now dead, but had three children living, viz., himself,: Te Gni Witty and - Ani Wira, had resided in Kaiapoi in 1860, and, was a’member of the Hapu of the' Tnapaoa. To Wirihana Pobata objected, and said that it was untrue that Te Oni Tikao Wira was at Kaiapoi in 1860. His friends applied to Mr Bailer to give him some land, which was done. He himself had lived at Akaroa ever since Mr Kemp, was here, and is now living at Arowhenua. Wiremu Naihira also objected on the same grounds. The application was not granted., Hohepa Hnrua applied to have the name of Te Harawera Tafakauinserted in the list as he was in Kaiapoi in 1860. George Pita Mutu objected, as he.was not a member of the Hapn, but of Ngatikohungau Hapu of the North Island, and although Mr Buller gave him 14 acres of land, it was on account of his wife; who is a member of the Tnapaoa Hapu, and not for himself. The application was refused. . The list of the Tnapaoa was then finally passed. Henare Barrett applied to have his name inserted in: the list of .the .Teataumarewa Hapu, as he was in Kaiapoi in Mr BuDer’a time, and received 14 acres of land from him. Ho stopped at Kaiapoi for about a week after Mr Buller’s visit. He then went away, and lived at Murihiku ever since; He had lived at Kaiapoi for 14 years before Mr Bailer’s visit. Application granted. The Teataumarewa list was then finally passed. Matana Piki applied to have the name of Rebni Timoti inserted on the Ngatihikoata list, as he was a child at the time of Mr Buller’s visit, and his, father was dead. No application was made to Mrßullerfor land for him, as ho was only a few months old. Mr Buller gave no child land. This evidence was corroborated by Horomona Tahuna. The application was granted, and the list was then passed. 'Wiremu Te Uki applied 1 to have the names of Eakera Pukenui and Te Makanui Tohi inserted on the list of the Terabgiwhakaputa Hapu. The application was granted as regards Rakera Pukenui, and refused on the part of Te Makanui Tohi, ■ Euti Hamiona applied to have her name in- ' sorted on the list of the Terangiwhakapiita Hapu. The application was refused, and the list’finally passed. Hoaai Maaka applied to have Wipiha Maaka’s name inserted in the Tutewhuka list. The application was granted. Homona Tahuna applied to have himself, his wife, and four of his children inserted in the same l>st, as three of his children were in the.list, while himself, wife, and other four children were left out. The names of the children left out are Miriana, Bia, Bakera, and Boka, the mother’s name being ifipeka. He came to Kaiapoi from Port Levy in Mr Buller’s time, and returned there shortly afterwards. He had land at Port Levy. Application refusedj and the Tuteuhuka list was finally passed. Hatana Whakaka applied to have his name inserted in the' List of the Ngiiteraki Hapu. Application disallowed. Eepafei Te Koeti also applied to hare her name inserted, but the application was not allowed, and the list of the Ngaitefaki Hapu was passed as correct. Winihana Bopata applied to have Hara Bopata and her four children, Eibuia Ene, Te Oni, Kairemuku, and M< r.tine, put on the list of the Tahupotiki Hapu. Her father was living at Kaiapoi in 1860, and had got 14 acres of land from Mr Buller. Application granted, and the list was then passed. Hohepa Huria applied, to have Hari Eoti Pohata’s name inserted bn the list of the Ngaiterangiamoa Hapu. Application granted. Hoani Kotehe Kahn applied to have his name inserted on the same list, as he and his father came from Arowhenua with Mr Buller. The claim was not allowed, as he was not a resident of Kaiapoi. Paiki Hape applied to have his brother’s (Hotene Hape) name inserted on the list, as he came to live in Kaiapoi in 1858; ‘He , received no land from Mr Buller, as ho was a child at the lime of his visit. Horomona Tahnna objected, as the applicant left Kaiapoi soon after My Boiler’s time, and his parents were with him; They live at Waimatemato at the present time. The application was granted. George Pita Mutu applied to have the names of Haha. Horomona, Te Bakapo Horomona, and Takorehe Horomona inserted on the list. Application, granted. Beihana Tan also applied to have his name placed on the list, which was granted. He farther applied to have liis sister and her two children placed on the list 5 their names were Bamam Tau, Hoani, and Maata. Application granted. Taituha Hope applied to be put on, which was: granted, as were his three children— Mira Heau, Titapu, and Mono Taituha. Koioia applied to have her name placed on the list, as her mother was living at Kaiapoi in 1860. .Granted; _ The Court was then adiourned at 4.45 p.m. till to-day at 10 a m.