NATIVE LANDS COURT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3505, 5 August 1880, Page 2

NATIVE LANDS COURT.

Friday, July 30. — Before Judge Symonds and Maihi Rangitaheke, Native Assessor. "Mr. J. Davis acted as interpreter, and Major Brown appeared for the Government. The following cases were heard :—: — Amuariki : Claim to Pukarama and Mangaone. No grant produced ; case dismissed. Paratene Taiki : Adjourned. Mere Ngakono : Claim to sections 2044 and 2062, Town of New Plymouth. Claimant dead ; case dismissed. Miri : Claim to 26 acres, part section 125, Waitara West. Claimant dead ; case dismissed. Mereaina : Claim to succeed Emiri iv section 122, Waitara West, and section 58, Waitara West. Orderel that Mereaina succeed. Patihana Aratawhiti : Claim to succeed Honehira in section 1, block 20, Raleigh East, and to 10 acres of section 32. Waitara West. Ordered that Patihana Aratawhiti and Te RatiKaingutu succeed. Patihana Aratawhiti : Claim to succeed Honehira in 10 acres of section 43, Waitara East. Ordered same as last claim. Te Wari : Claim to succeed Patumakariri iv section 14, No. 1, Oakura. Ordered that Te Wari, Romi, and Pani succeed when grant is issued. — Mr. Whitcombe gave evidence as to certain grants being now prepared :—Honehira and others, section 32, Waitara West ; Patumakariri, section 14, No. 1, Oakura ; Manaihi te Uru, section 221, Huirangi. Te Wehe : Claim to succeed Manaihi in section 221, Huirangi. No appearance ; case dismissed. Paora Honperc : Claim to succeed Rakapa in section 5, block 101, Raleigh West, and section 4, block 3, Raleigh East. No appearance, claimant being sick at Auckland ; case dismissed. Porikapa : Claim to succeed Riti in 5 acres of section 46, Waitara East. Porikapa claims through his legally-married wife. The case was dismissed, as he is not next of kin ; Riti having left two sisters, who should send in claims. Porikapa : Claim to succeed Riti in section 57, Waitara West, Similar to last. Wi Arei : Claim to succeed Heremaia in sections 39, CJrenui, and 28, Town of Urenui. Ordered that he succeed. Piripi Tana : Claim to succeed his son, Raniera Piripi, in sections 50 and 51, Hua. Opposed. Ordered that as the land came by the mother's side it must go ta her nearest of kin, now her son Raniera is dead. Ordered that Amuariki, Rawinia. and Pipi succeed. Wi Tako : Claim to succeed Wi Tana Ngatata in No. 10, Native Reserve, Purakau. Case already decided by Chief Judge in 187 S. Wi Tako : Claim to succeed Kara te Piki in last-named. No appearance ; case adjourned to future Court by consent of other claimants, Wi Tako being ill. Te Rina : Claim to succeed Poihipi in section 57, Waitara West. Ordered that Te Rina Hohua, Matiria Hohua, Mawene Hohua, and Eruera Hohua succeed. Ema Panapa : Claim to succeed Mereana in section 94, Hua. Order in her favour.

Saturday, July 31.— Before Judge Symonds and Maihi Rangitaheke, Native Assessor. The Court sat to-day, when the following cases were heard :—: — Wi Tako : Claim to succeed Kara Piki in 16, Native Reserve. Adjourned to future Court by consent. Ngapei claims to succeed Kara Piki in 16, Native Reserve. Considerable evidence was adduced to show that Ani Tiria Pihopa, who was ordered to succeed to Wi Tana Ngatata's share of this land in 1878, is a half-caste, her mother being a Maori and her father a European ; consequently she could not claim Wi Tana as lather. Major Brown was called, and gave evidence that, although Ani Tiria Pihopa was born in wedlock, less than a month after marriage, she was not Wi Tana Ngatata's child. Hana Puni gave similar evidence. The Court informed the natives that the evidence was taken down in case it might be re-, quired by a future Court, but that it had no. power to upset a previous decision ; the time having expired during which a rehearing could be granted. Aukawa and others : Claim to Pohokura Block. Map incomplete, and a number of the owners prisoners in Dunediu ; case dismissed.

Monday, August 2. — Before Judge Symonds and Maihi Rangitaheke, Native Assessor. The Court was opened again to-day, when the following cases were heai'd :—: — Reiniana and Tutu : Claim to succeed Reihana in £206 18s. 4d. Ordered that they have the money as soon as seal of Court can be .attached to certificate of Court. Paratene Taiki : Claim to succeed Rawiri Putaputa in section 86, Hua. Case decided by a former Court ; present claim dismissed. Tamarua : Claim to Turakirae. Dismissed, as it has been dealt with at Patea by a Court which lately sat there. Rangipokau and others : Claim to Moeahuru. Case dismissed, as land is either included in confiscated land, or land already sold to the Government. Wi Piti Kaponga and others : Claim to Matarikoriko. Dismissed, as the Government have not yet determined names of the owners, and it is confiscated land. Wi Tako Ngatata, Ngapei, and Kara : Claim to divide Purakau, No. 16 Reserve. Case dismissed by consent. Heni Tuniwha and Wi Wiera : Claim to sub-divide section 35, Waitara West. No appearance ; case dismissed. Perere Titori and Ema : Claim to half of town reserve. This being a succession claim, a new application must be sent in. Perere is in prison at Dunedin. The Court adjourned sine die.