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1931. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1930. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PETITION No. 124 OF 1930, OF HENI PUTIPUTI ROKI, alias HENI TE MATEKINO, PRAYING FOR RELIEF IN CONNECTION WITH MONEYS DERIVED FROM HARE PIKOI'S INTERESTS IN WAIARANGA AND TAIKATIKI BLOCKS.

Presented to Parliament in pursuance of the Provisions of Section 34 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1930.

Native Department, Wellington, 27th August, 1931. Petition No. 124 of 1930. —Hare Pikoi (deceasedJ. Pursuant to section 34 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1930, I herewith transmit the report of the Court upon this petition. I have no recommendation to make. R. N. Jones, Chief Judge. The Hon. the Native Minister, Wellington.

Waiaranga and Taikatiki Blocks. In the Native Land Court of New Zealand, Tairawhiti District. —In the matter of the Waiaranga and Taikatiki Blocks ; and in the matter of Petition No. 124 of 1930, by Heni Putiputi Eoki, praying for relief in connection with the interests of Hare Pikoi (deceased), and referred to the Court pursuant to the provisions of section 34, Act of 1930, for inquiry and report. At a sitting of the Court held at Tikitiki on the 28th day of April, 1931, before Harold Carr, Esquire, Judge. The Court begs to report that, — The petitioner was represented by her aunt, Ani Kane Eoki; no one appeared on behalf of the respondents. The facts concerning this matter are set out in a report to the Chief Judge dated 9th May, 1929, on an application by Hare Pikoi Tipuna for amendment of orders appointing successors to Hare Pikoi (deceased). The statements in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4of petition also review the position correctly. No additional information was submitted that was not already known to the Court and upon which it based its report above referred to. Much stress is made in the petition of the benefits derived under the arranged succession orders of 1891, and from the illustration embodied in the petition Maraea Kaku stands down in all but one block, but the illustration is silent as to Maraea's nominees, and the chart should read thus : —

The purchase-money representing the interests affected has been paid out as directed by the Chief Judge in his order of the 23rd December, 1929. The Court is still of opinion that the application under section 7 of 1922 was justified, and that the order of the Chief Judge thereon was an equitable adjustment between the parties. For the Court, H. Care, Judge. The Chief Judge, Native Department, Wellington.

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