NATIVE LANDS AND NATIVE-LAND TENURE: INTERIM REPORT OF NATIVE LAND COMMISSION, ON NATIVE LANDS IN THE COUNTIES OF WAITEMATA, RODNEY, OTAMATEA, AND HOBSON.

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

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1908. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LANDS AND NATIVE-LAND TENURE: INTERIM REPORT OF NATIVE LAND COMMISSION, ON NATIVE LANDS IN THE COUNTIES OF WAITEMATA, RODNEY, OTAMATEA, AND HOBSON.

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

Native Land Commission, Auckland, 6th April, 1908. To His Excellency the Governor. May it please Your Excellency,— We have the honour to submit for your consideration the following report on Native lands in the counties of Waitemata, Rodney, Otamatea, and Hobson. This commences a series of reports'dealing with lands in the North of Auckland, comprising the Tokerau Maori Land District, which is coterminous with the Northern Maori Electoral District. Roughly speaking, the owners of lands in Waitemata, Rodney, and Otamatea Counties and of one-half of the Native lands in Hobson County, belong to the NgatiWhatua Tribe, once a numerous and a powerful people, but now much reduced in numbers, and living in scattered kaingas. The Maori population of the four counties according to the last census was 1,610, of which probably 1,200 belong to the Ngati-Whatua. The following is a summary of the lands included in the schedules to this report: —

Totals. a. r. p. Waitemata 19,797 iO|3B Rodney 15,481 1 39 Otamatea (including purchased land) .. .. .. 37,101 039 Hobson „ „ 65,888 0 36 138,268 0 32 In Otamatea County the area under negotiation for lease is very considerable. We are assured that the owners will reserve a large area from lease for their own occupation. We think that the area of 5,034 acres recommended above is not sufficient, but until the negotiations are completed by the partition of interests as between lessors and non-sellers the further areas to be reserved cannot be ascertained, even approximately.

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County. Leased or under Negotiation for Lease. Reserved for Maori i Iccupation. Available for Settlement. j Not dealt with. Waitemata Rodney Otamatea Hoteon Purchased land— Otamatea .. Hobson A. R. P. 6,652 3 3 2,527 0 0 30,573 2 0 18,541 2 21 A. R. P. 2,681 2 9 10,346 2 11 5,034 1 39 13,484 0 11 9,344 2,012 412 27,805 R. P. 2 2 3 28 0 0 0 0 A. R. P. 1,118 1 24 595 0 0 420 0 0 5,531 3 4 661 1 0 525 3 0 525 3 0 Total 58,294 3 24 32,733 2 30 39,574 1 30 7,665 0 28

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In the area 7,665 acres of lands " not dealt with," is included an area of papatunu blocks 'estimated at acres.' One-half the area shown as available for general settlement consists of land vested in the Maori Land Board under section 8 of " The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905," viz. :— a b p Otakanini (27 subdivisions) .. .. .. .. .. 7,51618 Pouto 2e, Nos. 1 and 2 .. .. .. .. .. 12,726 0 0 20,242 1 8 The Board has prepared a scheme of settlement in the case of Otakanini, under which 200 acres are reserved for papakaingas, and three sections amounting to about 360 acres are set aside for lease to Maori applicants. About one-fourth of this block consists of sandhills. An owner in this block named Rihari Pungaroa had, prior to the vesting of the land in the Board, agreed to give a lease of 80 acres to a European named Macdonald, who got possession of the land, paid rent, and improved it. No title has, however, been issued to him. Rihari is anxious that his arrangement should be made valid. There is a question whether the Board can validate it. If not, it is a case, in our opinion, in which the Legislature should intervene, and empower the Board to issue a valid lease. The Board has not yet cut up the Pouto Block. The Native-owners are anxious to reserve an area of 1,830 acres for farms and papakaingas. We have forwarded their representations for the consideration of the Board. Under the Act of 1905 the Board can only lease the lands vested in it. It has no power of sale. The area dealt with by the Commission and recommended for general settlement is 19,332 acres and 22 perches, of which the owners desire 16,120 acres and 22 perches to be sold, and 3,212 acres to be leased. The area for sale consists chiefly of a subdivision of Pouto Block (E. No. 10) containing 14,889 acres, reported to be mostly sandhills. We are of opinion that these should be acquired by the Crown, which may be able to cope with the sand-drift by planting suitable grasses, or, as has been done in parts of France on the shores of the Bay of Biscay, by planting pine-trees. Signs are not wanting that in portions of the Kaipara district the Natives are realising the. necessity of utilising their lands in a proper manner. They have not been an idle people, but their energy, such as it was, has been expended in other directions, gum-digging, bush-felling, 'and other employment in connection with the timber industry of the district. The period from 1873 to 1899 or thereabout was marked by great activity in the kauri-gum and kauri-timber industry. At the same time the Maoris of the four counties under review derived large sums of money from the sale of lands. We estimate the area sold between 1873 and 1900 at 380,000 acres, and the amount disbursed among the vendors at £40,000. About ten years ago the kauri-gum began to give out, while the available supply of kauri timber rapidly dwindled. Meanwhile the industry had attracted Natives from other districts to northern Kaipara. These either received grants of land from the resident Natives or purchased land from Europeans or the Crown. In Hobson County there are many Natives with very little land, who may be termed almost landless. It is alleged that since 1900 the Natives have turned their attention more to farming. A few Natives in each county are dairying and sheep-farming ; one Native near Helensville is dairying on a large scale, and is anxious to secure more land for his cows and calves. The time seems opportune in the Kaipara district for fostering andWirecting these attempts to lead a more industrial life ; there is need for the proper adjustment of titles to secure to the more industrious the fruit of their efforts, and to the State, or other lending body, a sufficient guarantee of title ; above all, there is need for proper instruction and direction, that the energy hitherto used productively under European management and the spur of an assured wage may be diverted to the more difficult task of cultivating land with the incentive, of a hardwon and long-deferred prosperity. Our recommendations in respect of the lands in these counties are as follows : — (1.) That the lands..shown under subheading B of each schedule be reserved for Maori occupation under Part II of " The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907." (2.) That the lands'shown'under subheading C of each schedule as available for general settlement, except where already vested in the

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Board, be dealt with under Part lof the said Act. It is to be noted that there is a great preponderance of area for sale over area for lease. But the area for sale is made up largely of sandhills, which we think should be acquired by the Crown. (3.) That it is necessary to appoint an instructor in agriculture, particularly in dairying, for the Maoris of these counties. We have the honour to be Your Excellency's obedient servants, Robert Stout, A. T. Ngata, Commissioners.

SCHEDULES.

SCHEDULE 1. Waitemata County. A. Lands under Lease or Negotiation for Lease.

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. Aotearoa Te Kawau Iα Iβ ,,2 Ongarahu (part) Paparoa 2a » 2b „ 2c „ 2d Pukeatua A Pahunuhunu Iβ Rarapuka 2a Tuatetua Whenuanui 1 and 6 „ 2 and5 3 and 7 4 Omokoiti 129 24 50 22 6 10 21 55 1 2 5 2 2 6 10 12 A. R. P. 1,830 0 0 25 0 0 85 0 0 296 3 8 350 0 0 400 0 0 460 0 0 1,457 0 0 20 1 0 93 0 0 53 0 ',50 79 1 22 60 1 23 222 2 0 178 0 0 400 2 0 458 0 0 183 3 0 [ Under lease ; also negotiations for sale. j All but 100 acres leased ; ten years to run. Total 6,652 3 3 6,652 3 8

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. .fc. i * **»»*.■ — — ■»* ■■ Aotea Native Reserve Helensville Native Reserve .. Kopironui B2 Ongarahu A „ B .. .. ;; c D „ E .. Pukemokimoki Paekawau Parekura Pukeatua .. B Rangiahua Waikoukou 1 (part) Tuparekura 1 Uhurua Te Keeti 9 3 36 1 1 1 2 1 1 A. B. P. 20 2 26 1 0 0 878 0 0 58 1 13 15 0 0 50 0 0 16 2 17 33 1 13 58 2 0 73 3 23 56 1 11 Burial-ground. 3 6 2 10 0 0 66 3 19 56 0 0 289 2 7 891 2 0 106 0 0 Portion leased to Maori dairy-farmer. Total 2,681 2 9

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C. Lands available for General Settlement.

D. Lands not dealt with.

SCHEDULE 2. Rodney County. A. Lands under Lease or Negotiations for Lease.

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. I I kakariini (27 subdivisions) .. Puketapu 17 4 C 7 4 2 A. R. P. 7,516 1 8 Vested in Tokerau Maori Land Board under section 8 of " The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905." Under the Board's scheme 200 acres are reserved for papakaingas, 358 acres to be leased to Maoris. 1,600 0 0 Owners desire this to be leased only. It is recommended to be vested in the Board. 28 0,34 For sale.. 200 0 0 For lease. 17 Vlaroroa Waikoukou 1 (part) 4 2 Total 9,344 2 2

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Waitakerei Iβ 2 2 9 14 A. B. P. 642 1 24 476 0 0 Total 1,118 1 24

Name of J51ock. Owners. Area. Remarks. raparera 20 2,527 K. P. 0 0 All but 92 acres leased ; this balance was reserved for the occupation of owners.

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Goat Island Opahi No. 1 „ No. 2 Omaha (Village of Leigh) Pakiri No. 1 6 6 7 1 A. it. F. 23 0 0 23 0 0 100 0 0 155 2 11 6,611 0 0 Section 48, Block XI, part of Omaha Omaha Native Reserve Block XI Mangatawhiri Otioro and Topuni 70 0 0 Owner with large family farming this landChildren and grandchildren living on land. 3 141 60 0 0 214 0 0 3,090 0 0 To be incorporated under sectional. Total 10,346 2 11

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C. Lands available for General Settlement.

D. Lands not dealt with.

SCHEDULE 3. Otamatea County. A. Lands under Lease or Negotiation for Lease.

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Name of Blook. Owners. Area. Remarks. Lakaraea 'uhirangi A.S4 22 27 1,000 1,012 B. P. 0 0 3 28 For lease only. For sale^only. Total 2,012 3 28

Owners Area. Remarks. Name of Block. 'uatahi 30 595 E. 0 p. 0 Title not properly ascertained.

Name of Block. Owners. Remarks. Opekapeka A B C D B F G Otioro JNo. 1 „ No. 2 „ No. 3 Nukuroa No. Iα ,,| No. Iβ No. 1 No. Iβ No. 2 No. lc .. No. Id .. No. 1e .. No. If .. No. 1g .. No. 2a .. No. 2 Kaitara 2a, Section 1 „ 2a. „ 2 „ 2b „ 2c „ 2d „ 2e „ 2p „ 2g Te Komiti Iα, Section 1 Iα, ' „ 2 Iβ 2a No. 1 2a No. 2 2a No. 3 2b Hukatt>*> Bl „ B2 „ B3 Te Purupuru 1 3 4 1 3 11 6 44 32 15 2 1 1 4 1 1 4 9 1 10 1 11 5 8 1 2 1 7 13 74 72 14 2 23 94 1 8 1 1 A. B. P. 970 0 0 300 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 120 0 0 110 0 0 648 0 0 396 0 0 176 0 0 802 3 25 299- 3 3 494 0 14 534 1 0 534 1 0 534 1 0 2,179 0 32 544 3 8 857 0 0 612 2 0 1,000 0 0 650 0 0 1,050 0 0 229 0 35 500 0 0 944 1 30 500 0 0 833 1 13 279 1 0 1,806 3 0 1,909 0 0 366 0 0 137 0 0 833 0 0 3,657 0 0 967 2 0 1,935 0 0 967 2 0 1,395 0 3 0 Pending. » ii ii ii ,, Portion under negiotaton (sale). Under negotiation (sale). Total 30,573 2 0* *A portion of this area, we undi negotiation are i srstand, will be reserved by the ? inally approved by the Board thi Maori lessors, but until the leases now under a area cannot be ascertained.

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

In addition to this area the following "purchased lands" are in Maori occupation:—

C. Lands recommended for General Settlement.

Name of Blook. Owners. Area. Remarks. Raekau No. 1 „ No. 2 „ No. 3 Oruawharo A B C Otara No. 1 „ No. 2 „ No. 3 „ No. 4 Kaitara.No. 3a „ -No. 3b .. „ No. 3c „ No. 3d Otamatea 6 4 2 28 3 2 3 28 11 11 22 6 16 11 10 109 3 6 124 6 4 4 4 A. R. P. 2 0 0 62 0 0 31 0 0 1,923 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 150 0 0 214 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 60 0 0 176 0 0 195 0 0 115 0 0 620 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 640 0 0 4 1 19 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 ) Subject to copper-prospecting lease. J No. 1 .. „ No. 2 .. Hanerau Paiti Tβ Komiti No. 3 .. No. 4 .. No. 5 .. ■ Subject to copper-prospecting lease. Cemetery reserve. »i ii Total 5,034 1 39

Name of Blook. Owners. Area. Remarks. jot 2, part Tokatoka ,,3 „ 257, part Matakohe „ 259a .. „ 259b .. „ 54 N.E., Section 1 „ 54 N.B., Section 2 „ 64 N.E., Section 3 „ 54S.W. 11 11 1 1 1 4 3 5 A. E. P. 150 0 0 148 1 0 81 0 0 26 0 0 10 0 0 39 1 20 15 3 0 70 3 30 120 0 0 Total 661 1 0

Namejof Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. •hauroa A „ B „ C 5 8 3 A. R. P. 164 3 8 82 1|24 164 3 8 I Owners desire that these should be leased. Total 412 0 0

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D. Papatupu Lands.

SCHEDULE 4. Hobson County. A. Lands under Lease or Negotiation for Lease.

Name of Blook. Owners. .\rea. Remarks. * J " I I * ■ I '. Vaihaua .. Parawa Mango A. B. P. 300 0 0 120 0 0 Approximate ; tere B7 and ; adjoining HukaTotal 420 0 0

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Te Hoanga 2a 2b 2c K.-iiliau 2a (part) • • i i A. 90 36 54 7 K. P. 0 0 0 9 2 5 2 0 „ 2b 2 „ 2b 3 I 1 1,491 1,491 3 35 3 35 I Portions under negotiation for sale, and i portions reserved by lessors for their I own use. Mareikura A2a 1 „ ! !A.2a2 .. „ j ]A2b .. „ A2c .. A2d .. Opanake Iα1 Iα 2 Iα 3 Iα 4 lo South, No. 1 Id (part) ,, 2h (part) 2m 2 „ 2m 4 Okapakapa (part) No. 1 Oturei (part) No. 1 .. ( hinuwhao Iα 1 Iα 2 .. Iα 3 .. Iα 4 .. Iα 5 ... Iα 6 .. Iβ Pouto 2e 3a „ 2e 4a „ 2e 5b „ 2b 6a (part) „ 2e 6b „ 2b 7a „ 2e 7b „ 2e 8 „ 2b 9 Piritaha (part) Waima (part) Waimata Iα Iβ 1 5 1 3 1 65 133 52 37 14 2 2 I I :: I l i i l l l I 9 1 3 1 1 14 2 5 1 3 2 6 I ' 4 26 183 210 520 104 275 275 275 275 5 20 170 652 100 1,900 169 50 25 100 50 1,240 1,634 318 616 470 130 258 294 258 192 173 700 423 1,250 1,726 160 137 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 27 1 2 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Under negotiation for sale. Mill-site. Pending. r Under negotiation for sale. Eight years to run. part 2 . . Lot 44, Parish of Kopuru Total 18,541 2 21

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

In addition, the following sections of "purchased land" are in occupation of the Natives:—

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Aotahi Aoroa No 4 Te Kohekohe Kaihu Iα 1 „ Iα 2 14 1 2 2 60 126 171 10 I -3 528 R. P. 0 0 3 13 0 0 1 8 3 26 Occupied': a large kainga there. 4 5 1 1 5 8 1 25 12 Church and cemetery site. There are kaingas and cultivations on this block. Occupied. Occupied; fenced'and cultivated. Manginahae No. Iα ,, No. lc No. 2.. . .. Oue No. 1 „ No. 2b I „ No. 2b 2 „ No. 2b 3 Opanake Iβ lc North lc South, Nos. 3-10 64 64 21 100 147 147 76 350 2,312 2,103 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 0 3 0 0 0 Owners occupying. >> fi >> To be incorporated under section 61. Subdivided amongst members of one family. „ Id (part) „ Iβ „ 2g 2h (part) 2k 1 2k 2 „ 2l Oturei No. 1 (part) Manuwhetai Native Reserve Pouto No. 1 ,, church-site .. „ 2c .. „ 2e 3b „ 2e 4b 2e 4c „ 2e 4d „ 2e 5a , 2e 6a (part) Taharoa Waimata 2 (part) Whangaiariki Native Reserve Piritaha 2 (part) No. 1 Mareikura E „ G2 2 23 1 2 1 33 1 1 173 350 104 30 8 184 152 200 110 14 3 5 890 255 245 224 470 76 260 2,440 22 361 0 20 652 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 2 16 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 18 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 1 20 2 20 0 0 0 36 Balance not leased. Kainga. Occupied by owner. Approximate. Balance not leased. Reserved from sale to Crown as wahi tapu. 75 4 6 3 5 8 1 1 Owners one family. ») Occupied and farmed. Balance not leased. Occupied. I y: 1 6 2 1 17 Cemetery. Total 13,484 0 11

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Section 1, Block 1, Kaihu Survey District jot 1, Parish Tatarariki ,, 10, Parish Arapohue (middle portion) ,ot 11, Parish Arapohue, (S.E.) „ 125, „ 126, „ 127, „ (N.W.) 7 A. K. P. 103 3 0 Occupied ; all fenced. 10 11 75 0 0 60 0 0 Kainga called Ripia. Occupied. 7 87 0 0 93 0 0 90 0 0 17 0 0 >> All in grass, and occupied. )> i> 55 J ' Total 52,

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C. Lands available for General Settlement.

D. Lands not dealt with.

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Name of Block. Owners. Area. Remarks. Pouto No. 2b No. 1 „ No. Iα (Rangiahua) No. Iβ ,, No. lo „ No. Id (Te Karaka) „ No. 1e No. 2 9 2 A. [B 1,600 0 1,230 0 p. 0 0 15 15 10 1,690 0 1,650 0 1,503 0 0 0 0 Vested in Tokerau Maori Land Board under section 8 of " The Maori Land V Settlement Act, 1905," and available for lease to general public, subject to reserves for Maori occupation. 16 5 1,680 0 3,373 0 0 0 No. 10 30 12,726 14,889 0 0 0 0 To be sold. Mostly sandhills. Should be acquired by the Crown. Ditto. To be sold (purchased land). Posto No. 3 Part Lot 103, Parish Arapohue 13 110 80 0 0 0 0 Total 27,805 0 0

Name of Block. Owners. Area. Eemarks. Papatupu lands Other ands (for inquiry at other centres) A. K. 2,597 0 2,934 3 p. 0 4 Approximately. 91 Total 5,531 3 4