Office of the Commissioner for investigating and determining Titles and Claims to Land in New Zealand. Auckland, 31st March, 1845.

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Office of the Commissioner for investigating and determining Titles and Claims to Land in New Zealand. Auckland, 31st March, 1845.

Part 3. —Manawatu. In making my Report upon this case, I must premise by stating that no evidence was offered before my Court on the part of the New Zealand Company to prove that any purchase was effected by that body, of any portion of this district, under the two over-riding deeds before referred to in the first and second parts of this Reportj and that much of the evidence as well as most of my observations and deductions in

fart 2, Pdrirua, are equally applicable to the case now under consideration ; and that consequently if 1 had to decide upon the evidence offered under those two alleged purchases, I should have to pronounce a determination that the Company was not entitled to a Crown Grant for any part of the Manawatu district. I must therefore now consider the merits of this case aa arising solely out of negociations between the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company, and the resident chiefs of the district, entered upon long subsequently to these alleged purchases. When the late Governor, Capt. Hobson, visited Port Nicholson in 1841, he informed Col. Wakefield by letter, * a copy of which I enclose herewith, that the Local Government would sanction any equitable arrangement he might pake to induce those natives who resided within cci tain limits to yield up possession of their habitations, but that no force or compu^ory measures for their removal would be permitted. Upon the strength of this sanction Colonel Wakefield acceded to the request of a deputation of the resident natives of the district of the Ma • nawatuand Horowenua,tbathe should take their lands, in consideration of a large quantity of goods, consisting of blankets, guns, tobacco, and other usual articles of barter, and should bring Europeans amongst them and form a settlement in their part of the country. In December 1841, Colonel Wakefield, accompanied by Mr. Halswell the then Protector of Aborigines, Captain Smith the Company's Surveyor General, and several of the principal settlers at Wellington, proceeded to the Manawatu to see the district, and arrange with the natives for the payment they ware to receive, and the boundaries of the laud to be sold, and other preliminaries. The schooner Henry brought to the Manawatu the merchandize which was intended for the consideration, the natives however, who came in great numbers to inspect it, declared there was not sufficient payment ; upon which Capt. Smith made a list from their dictation of what further articles they required. The goods that had arrived in the Henri/ were landed, and Captain Smith was then left by Colonel Wakefield in charge of them, with directions to await; the arrival of the additional quantity the natives had required, which were to be sent by sea from Port Nicholson. Owing to contrary winds, the small vessel freighted with these goods did not arrive until towards the latter end of January 1842 — " When they arrived (says Capt. Smith,) I immediately called the chiefs together and told them I would: give out the goods on the 2nd February. About ' 300 were present coming from both side 3 of the river. Some chiefs, Taikoporua and others from Otaki whose names I did not recollect, who had previously agreed with me to take the payment for their land, did not make their appearance. On the morning of the 2nd February finding that some of the chiefs were absent, a division of the goods was made. Some were given to Watatiui and Taratoa for their people and others who attended the distribution, amongst whom were some from Otaki : the remainder of the goods were reserved for those who were absent, who I expected would arrive afterwards. Taratoa and Watanui took possession of some of the cases t.f guns, bales of blankets, and tobacco, to secure them for the parties who were absent; the rest of the articles remained at the temporary storehouse built for their reception — when, almost immediately after the distribution of the most valuable parts of the utu, a large numof natives amounting to from 200 to 300 rushed upon the pa, pulled down its fence which formed one side of the store, and carried off the whole of the remainder of the property. "Those parts which had been reserved for the natives of Otaki forming the most valuable portion, were saved and put into the hands of a chief from that place, for distribution amongst the rest of the natives who had agreed to sell their land. " A few days afterwards I saw Taikoporua who had previously agreed to sell his land, but who then refused to do so." (Capt. Smith, examn. in chief.) From the rest of Capt. Smith's evidence we learn that Richard Davis (a native) acted as Interpreter on this occasion ; and that the memorandum of purchase, an attested copy* of which is here wi th enclosed, which bears the signatures of 36 natives, was interpreted and explained by a man named Burr whom I subsequently examined, and found to be very conversant with the manners and customs of the natives, speaking their language with much fluency, and possessing considerable influence amongst those resident in the Manawatu. Capt. Smith further states that " the boundaries were pointed out to him by Watanui and Taratoa in the presence of 20 or 30 of the principal chiefs;" that the memorandum above referred to was signed without any dispute or hesitation by all whose names appear attached to it : that the intention of the Company to make reserves for their use out of the land sold was distinctly explained to them : and that upon Watanui's stipulating for a certain piece of land in the neighbourhood of his pa, his request was at once complied with. The participation of the three parties of natives connected with Watanui, Ahu, and Taratoa, in this transaction, is put beyond all doubt by the evidence of Captain Smith, confirmed afterwards by Amos Burr, whose testimony I shall have occasion hereafter to remark upon, and generally admitted by the native witnesses, the main point of difference being whether Taikoporua ever consented to the transaction or not. Captain Smith asserts that he did, while Taikoporua distinctly and positively denies his concurrence in any part of the pioceedings. The evidence of Amos Burr is very important in this case, but does not go to substantiate any consent on the partol Taikoporua; on the contrary, so far as his knowledge goes (and he appears to have been actively engaged as Interpreter on this occasion), it confirms Taikopoma's denial that he was a consenting party. It also appears from the testimony of Burr, that as he was coming from Wanganui, a chief by the name of Korotea was drowned about six miles beyond Rangitiki river, and he saw the body 1> ing on the beach. Watanui had some

♦ No. 11, Letter 6th Sept. 1841, Gov. Hobson to Colonel Wakefield. • No 12, Attetted Copy of Memorandum of Purchase at Manawaiu.

time before told the Maories in his (Burr's) | presence, (and he then understood sufficient of the language to know what he said), that he wanted to sell some of the land about Manawatu to the Europeans, so that he might be able to trade for things that he wanted. The chief who ■was drowned owned land at Manawatu, and before his death he had also expressed a wish to sell land to the Europeans. Burr proceeds to state as follows: " Watanui and others of his party went to take the body, and to complain to the natives of Rangitiki, because they had taken apart of the-boat in which he was wrecked. They then 'brought the body to the heads of the Manawatu, and Watanui addressed the different chiefs who were present, Karo, Ahu, Taratoa, and others whose names I do not recollect, and advised them to sell the land to Colonel Wakefield ; and after a^iscussion they agreed to take Watanui's advice. I then went on to Otaki, Watanui, Karu, Ahu, Taratoa, and the others accompanying me. On their arrival at Otaki a great meeting took place, — Puka, Otaki, Hau, Matin, Kiharoa, and several other members of the Ngatiraukawa tribe. Watanui explained to them that it was necessary to sell Manawatu ; and after they had talked the matter over, they assented to the sale, and appointed Ahu, Billy Watanui, Wave, Hoa, and Horohau, to accompany me to Port Nicholson to offer the land to Colonel Wakefield. He proceeded there accordingly, and offered him the whole of the Manawatu for sale. I was not present at the interview between the chiefs and Colonel Wakefield, but on their return they told me that Colonel Wakefield had agreed to come up and see the land: I then returned with them to Otaki, and they had a great meeting there about the sale of the land, and they all appeared pleased that Colonel Wakefield had agreed to come. Burr's account of the subsequent proceedings is in every way confirmatory of Captain Smith's evidence, and is as follows: — Watanui and all his people, Ahu, Taratoa, and a great many mor* 1 natives, between 200 and 300, came to divide the things, and the Ngatiraukawas sent Upa, one of their principal chiefs, to take charge of the things which Watanui had decided to be their propoition of the payment. Before the things were distributed by Captain Smith, the boundaries were described by Aim and Taratoa, and I then fully interpreted the deed to them, and fully explained the contents. It was all explained to them the whole day before the goods were given to them, so that they had plenty of time to consider its contents. I then explained to ihem that the New Zealand Company intended making reserves for them, but they said they would not accept of them, as they had plenty of other land to go to at Rangitiki, Ohau, and Otaki. Burr further states, that the lands alleged to have been transferred on that occasion were comprised within lines drawn due east to the hills from the mouths of the rivers Rangitiki and Horowenua. He also admits that he did not see either Taikoporua or his son at any discussions with Captain Smith about the sale, but states, before the natives rushed in upon the goods, Ahu went in and took out a case of tobacco, a bale of red blankets, and a case of doublebarrelled guns, which he gave to Upa, whom we "have already had described as sent to lepresent" the Ngatiraukawas. This native, Burr says, is of Taikoporua's tribe, which is distinct from that of Watanui. Burr further states, that Upa owns land at Manawatu independently of Taikoporua. Before examining Taikoporua I read over to him Captain Smith's evidence, in which he states that Taikoporua had consented to the sale at fiist. His evidence was short and positive. He denied any knowledge of the meeting at Otaki, or the deputation to Colonel Wakefield, until after they had slarted for Wellington : He declares that he told Mr. Halswell and Davis who visited him up the river, that he wculd not consent, and would not sell his land, and that he reiterated this determination to Captain Smith, adding, that he then said that " the only inducement which would make him part with his land would be a heap of goods as high as Tararua " " From which remark," says Taikopor.ia, " it has been said that I consented to sell my land." He also declares that he again repeated his determination not to sell any (land), though he should be pressed to do so by both natives and Europeans. Mr. Kebble in his evidence states as follows: J heard Captain Smith say at the time that the deed was signed, that he was afraid Taikoporua would not come down to receive his proportion of the goods. Richard Davis, vyho interpreted for Captain Smith at his interview with Taikoporua, I have myself examined several times in my Court, and know to possess a very imperfect acquaintance with the English language ; and as Capt. Smith on the other hand knew nothing of Maori, he was very likely to have been mistaken in supposing that Taikoporua had at first consented to the sale; and indeed Taikoporua's own words on that occasion, " That the only inducement that would make him part from his land would be a heap of goods as high as Tararua," were very much calculated, if incorrectly translated, to mislead Captain Smith. The direct denial therefore of the chief himself, corroborated as I have shewn it to be by Burr, and to some extent by Mr. Kebble, also induces me to come to the conclusion that Taikoporua did not consent to the sale of any of his land at the Manawatu ; nor does it appear that he ever received any of the meichandize. 'J he evidence in these cases which bears upon the Manawatu purchase was taken at different periods :-that of all the native witnesses (with the exception of Taikoporua) at Otaki, when I examined Rauparaha and Rangihaeata in April 1843, Captain Smith and Colonel Wakefield at Port Nicholson in the month of May of the same year, and Burr, Mr. Kebble, and Taikoporna, at Manawatu in 1844. At Otaki, Ahu, the chief of a district named Ohau, between Horowenua and Manawatu, was the only witness who gave any thing like a statement of what occurred between Colonel Wakefield and the Manawatu natives on the subject of the sale. He appears to be a very close ally of Watanui, and to have taken a very active part in biinging about the sale; his account, which is very minute, agrees generally with and confirms the

testimony of Captain Smith and Burr, "but differs, as the native testimony in this case generally does, as to what lands and the boundaries of the lands the natives agreed to sell. On my journey from Port Nicholson to Wanganui, the natives of Manawatu as I passed their river, expressed a very strong desire to meet and confer with me on the subjectof the alleged sale of their lands there to Colonel Wakefield. T explained to them through my interpreter, that I was on my way to Wanganui to investigate the claims there, that Colonel Wakefield had agreed to meet me there, and accompany me back to Port Nicholson, and that we should stop at Manawatu on our return, and examine their case. They appeared however so desirous of having a torero with me on the subject, that I yielded to their wishes; and I now enclose Minutes* of what -occurred -at the meeting. The statements then made are entitled in my opinion to quite as much credence as any sworn native testimony (when taken singly, and when no other witnesses interested in the enquiry are present), being made by one or more spokesmen in the presence of numbers 'of the tribe, who confirmed, corrected, or denied almost every thing that was said by any one of the chiefs. At this meeting therefore I took no evidence, but merely gathered from the mouths of those who spoke the general sentiments of those present as to the sale of the district. On my return from Wanganui I stopped at Manawatu (Colonel Wakefield being absent, as fully explained in my first general report), entered upon the case, and examined the witnesses whose evidence I have already commented upon. I should here observe that the witnesses at Otakiwere examined in the presence of Rauparaha and Rangihaeata, and it was quite clear to me that every witness then examined was more or less under the influence of those two chiefs, one or both of them, and I cannot better illus trate my assertion than by calling your Excellency's attention to the wide difference between Watanui's evidence given on that occasion, and the subsequent statement that chief volunteered to me subsequently on my visit to his own place, Horowenua, which will be hereafter refei*red to; and yet with this exception I have found Watanui one of thebest disposed and most straightforward chiefs I have met with in the country. The schedule of goods* attached to the deed which Captain Smith had signed at Manawatu exhibits an outlay by the Company of upwards of in goods paid to the natives; who acknowledged with the exception of Taikoporua, that they had sold some land to Colonel Wakefield, and enumerated various articles of merchandize which they received when the deed was signed. Having now commented upon the evidence offered in support of, as well as every circumstance that came under my observation connected with, the alleged purchase of the Manawatu, I must here stop to enquire what decision I could have arrived at, confining myself to the case as resting upon the purchase made by Captain Smith at Manawatu on the 2d February 1842, under the alleged sanction of the Local Government as convejed by Captain Hobson's letter to Colonel Wakefield of the 6th September 1841 before referred to. Under this letter permission was given to Col. Wakefield to make any equitable arrangement to induce those natives who resided within.certain limits (including the Manawatu) to yield up possession of their " habitations." Now, taking this word in the most extended sense, it could only apply to their pas and the enclosed grounds around them, but certainly would not authorize fresh purchases to be made of the natives, comprising thousands of acres of land, as was the case at Manawatu Having then already decided that the Company had failed to prove any title under their original alleged purchases, I must have again decided that Colonel Wakefield, in entering into this arrangement for a purchase with the natives at the Manawatu, had altogether exceeded the permission granted to him by Captain Hobson, and therefore even had he succeeded in establishing an otherwise valid purchase, I could not have recommended a Crown grant, in consequence of Captain Hobson's proclamation of the 30th January 1840 declaring all purchases made after that date void. The arrangement, however, entered into between the Officer administering the Government and the Company's Principal Agent in January 1843, which permitted the latter to make compensation to the natives in certain cases, enabled me to take cognizance of this case. But Colonel Wakefield, by failing to meet me at Manawatu in the following March, of course prevented me from entering upon that occasion into the question of further compensation to the natives of that district; and thus the matter rested until the meeting between jour Excellency and the Principal Agent of the Company at Major Richmond's house at Wellington on the 29th January 1844, when the negotiation for compensating the natives, which had been for a time suspended, was again renewed under the sanction of your Excellency. Colonel Wakefield soon afterwards accompanied Mr. Clarke, the Protector of Aborigines, and myself up the coast, taking with him at my request the sum of £3,000, for the purpose of paying such natives as I might decide were entitled to receive further compensation. At Otaki, the principal place of residence of the Ngatiraukawas, I found Rauparaha and several chiefs of that place also connected with the Manawatu dis rict, and at their request I had a korero with them. Matin, the chief at Otaki, said the Europeans were welcome to the land they (the natives) had sold ; but that they had no wish to sell any more, and declined going into the matter at all. I then produced to them a plan shewing the land at the Manawatu claimed and surveyed by the Company, and desired them to point out what portion of the district they admitted they had sold. This, however, they could not do. I then told them I was on my way to Manawatu, for the purpose of enquiring into the purchase by the Company of land there, to ascertain the boundaries of the land sold, and to pay the natives who had received no part of the former payment, adding that if any of the chiefs or people of Otaki had any

• No. 13, Minutes of Proceedings Manawatu, 31st March t No. 14, Attested Copy Statement of Goods given to the Natives of Manawatu.

claims to the land in the district I had mentioned, they must bring them before me at Manawatu. Matin said that none of the people present would accept any payment in compensation. I then repeated my invitation to them to meet me at Manawatu on the following Thursday. Matin replied that they would not go to Manawatu, that I should find the natives of that river of the same mind as those at Otaki., and that they would part with no more land than they had already sold. Rauparaha was evidently using all his influence to prevent the natives from attending the Court at Manawatu ; and he evinced upon this as well as upon former and subsequent occasions, a fixed determination to prevent the Europeans obtaining possession of any land at the Manawatu. His great influence with the natives of this tribe, and his anxiety to prevent the alienation of any land in that neighbourhood to European settlers were manifested in a very remarkable manner a few days afterwai'ds at Ohau, a district not far from Otaki. One of the chiefs of this place had on a former occasion evinced a wish to have a European settlement formed in his neighbourhood ; and on our present visit, another chief, Aim, renewed this application to Colonel Wakefield and myself, and we arranged a meeting with the resident natives of Ohau to consult upon the matter the day after our arrival there. In the morning, however, Rauparaha (who as I afterwards learned Had received intelligence of our proceedings by a secret messenger despatched overnight, unknown to the chief who had offered the land for sale) suddenly made his appearance, and breaking at once into the midst of the meeting, made a long and violent speech, in which in a loud tone and with angry gestures he bade us go on our way to Manawatu, forbade the natives to proceed with the sale, and denounced the whole affair in no measured terms. Some of the natives endeavoured to reply to his tirade, but their courage seemed to fail them in his presence ; and at last, under the influence of a power which they felt was irksome, yet could not resist, they told us that any further attempt would be fruitless, and recommended us to pursue our journey to Manawatu. I stop i ed at a place called Horowenua between Ohau and Manawatu, the place of abode of Wataivii and his family, and encamped opposite his pa. This chief, with his wife and son Billy, Aim and other natives, visited my tent, when we had a long talk about the land. Watanui told me in the presence of Mr. Protector Clarke that he had sold all his land at Manawatu to Col. Wakefield, and had taken the payment, with which he was satisfied ; and that the Company might take possession of" the land. I was struck with the very great variation in his present statement from that he made when examined at Otaki in the presence of Rauparaha ; which convinced me that on the former occasion he had been so much influenced by that wily chief, as to have been afraid to tell the truth. Watanui also told me that Mr. Yule had built a 1 ouse near where we encamped, to whom he and his son had agreed to sell a piece of land there, and that he wished my consent to let him have it, and would show me the boundaries next daj r . Col. Wakefield also informed me that Mr. Yule was a purchaser under the New Zealand Company, and had been allowed to make his selection of 100 acres on that spot, which proved to be within the boundaries of the land claimed by the Company. I saw no objection to giving my sanction to the arrangement proposed. Accordingly the next morning Watanui's son pointed out on the ground the boundaiies of the piece of land, and with his father agreed to take any payment Mr. Clarke should say was fair. Mr. Claike then named £10, which was accepted and paid in my presence; and the deed* herewith enclosed was duly executed and attested conveying the land to the New Zealand Company. On arriving at Manawatu I found both Watanui and Aim excessively anxious to have the sale of the Manawatu to the Company ratified, and to see white men introduced amongst them as settlers, though Taratoa and several others were not so favorably disposed. I instructed Mr. Clarke to proceed without me to see the natives resident within the block claimed by the Company, and ascertain their intentions about the land, previously to his making any definite offer on their part to Col. Wakefield as to the amount of compensation that they might require |to be paid. I lent him my map of the district, and gave him full instructions to enable him to explain to the natives the boundaries of the land claimed by the Company. Mr. Clarke on his return reported that he had seen Taikaporua and the other natives, and told them the object of my visit, and that they had requested him to see them again. The next day I sent Mr. Forsaith, my Interpreter, with Mr. Clarke to explain to the natives that my reason for not then visiting them was, that Mr. Clarke had been appointed on their part to negociate the amount of compensation they were to receive, and that Col. Wakefield had been appointed for the same purpose, on the part of the Company, and if they could not agree I was appointed umpire to decide between them; that I therefore waited until they had finibhed their negociation, but that if they wished to see me, or obtain any information from me, I would either come to them or they might come to me. Col. Wakefield also accompanied Mr. Clarke ; on their return they reported to me that they had had a long conference with the natives without coming to any satisfactory conclusion, but that the natives had appointed to see me on Monday. On the following Monday Taikoporua attended, when I examined him, and afterwards.had a long korero with him, and urged him at once to enter into a negociation through Mr. Clarke for the sale of his interest in the block of land claimed by the Company. This he most positively refused to do, and ended the conference by saying in a most determined manner, " I will not consent ; their surveying the lands was the same as taking them away, and I have already told you that I would not consent." Having tried every fair means in my power to effect an amicable arrangement with the aborigines in this district without success, and Messrs. Clarke and Forsaith having both reported to me that there was not the least chance

* No. 15, Deed of Conveyance Watanui,&c. New Zealand Company.

of the natives relaxing in their determined opposition to receiving any further payment, and after having remained one day and a half to give them an opportunity of altering their intentions, I proceeded on my journey to Wanganui. I was able, during my journey from Wellington to this place, to trace the opposition which I constantly encountered to the insidious counsels and underhand machinations of Rauparaha, whose emissaries were busily employed in arraying the innate prejudices of the tribes over whom he had any influence against any further cession of their lands to the Europeans. I have already shewn why I cannot as Commissioner recommend any Crown Grant of this district to the Company ; and the determined refusal of the natives to enter into any treaty whatever for receiving compensation under the arrangement before referred to, which enabled Col. Wakefield to make a further payment in certain cases, will of course preclude me from making any award in favor of the Company as umpire between Col. Wakefield and Mr. Clarke, except as to the small portion of land purchased by Col. Wakefield at Horowenua of Watanui, to which I have already adverted. I cannot, however, close my Report without adding a few observations on this case, which in justice to the New Zealand Company and its Agents I feel bound to make. The district of Manawatu is extensive and valuable ; hundreds of thousands of acres might there be rendered subservient to the wants of a large population in producing food under European'tillage which the natives never have, and, left to themselves, never would attempt to use or cultivate. The Company have surveyed a large quantity of the land, as appears by the accompanying plan,* in which valuable reserves have been made for the aborigines. A careful review of this case leads me to the conclusion that Watanui, Ahu, Taratoa, and a considerable number of natives did enter into a treaty with the Agents of the New Zealand Company for a sale to that body of certain lands at Manawatu, bounded on the North by the river Rangitiki, on the South partly by the river Horowenua, and partly by a line drawn due East (true) from the South end of the lake Horowenua to the hills, on the West by the sea, and on the East by the hills, and that thirty-six natives did sign the memorandum of sale, forming Enclosure No. 12 to this Report, and that when that document was signed, goods and merchandize to the value of i§l,ooo and upwards were distributed amongst the assembled natives by Captain Smith, acting as Agent to the New Zealand Company, in the following manner; Part was divided amongst the natives present, the remainder being retained for those absent, when a rush was made by the natives upon the store in which those kept back for their absent countrymen were deposited, a scramble ensued, and the goods thus reserved were violently seized upon and carried away. The rush or scramble which occurred was certainly very unfortunate as regards its subsequent influence upon the testimony of the native witnesses; many by that event were defrauded of their proper proportion of the consideration, and many became possessed of goods whose acknowledgment of the receipt or signature to the memorandum was never obtained. These people, from different motives, would be very likely to deny their know'edge of or participation in the transaction. I am inclined to think that had the sale been rapidly followed by the arrival on the land of a large body of European residents, with all the appliances of a new settlement, ready to commence immediate mercantile and agricultural operations, the result might have been different ; self interest, created by the certainty of benefitting themselves by taking their produce to a European market, would have gone far to remove the discontent which might otherwise have prevailed amongst some of the natives who might have been disappointed in the distribution of the goods. In the present state of the country it would be worse than futile I imagine to make any further attempt at this time to get the natives who did not receive any part of the paymentto accept of compensation for their claims in the manner before mentioned, but I consider that the New Zealand Company are fairly entitled to the Right of Pre-emption to the block of land at Manawatu, described in the said memorandum of sale, and that they should at some future period, upon application from the Company's Principal Agent to your Excellency, be permitted to complete their purchase by paying Taikoporua and the other natives who did not receive any part of the merchandize distributed by Capt. Smith, under the superintendence of some officer appointed by your Excellency for that purpose. In conclusion, I, William Spain, her Majesty's Commissioner for investigating and determining titles and claims to land in New Zealand, do hereby determine and award that the Directors of the New Zealand Company in London and their successors are entitled to a Crown Grant of a piece of land called Te Tareiwa, situate at Horowenua, in New Zealand, and bounded as follows : Commencing at a marked tree at Otawa and going along the banks of the river to another marked tree at Pukahu, from thence running in a southerly direction to Kaitoke. It also runs in a line from the tree at Otawa to Kaitoke aforesaid, the breadth of the two sides being equal, and contains one hundred acres as described in the deed of conveyance hereinbefore referred to, forming enclosure No. 15 to the Report. I have, &c, (Signed) Willm. Spain, Commissioner. True Copy, M. Richmond, Supt.

* No. 16, Plan of Block of Land at Manairatu,