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The Pouakani Report 1993


Table of Contents

Contents
List of Maps
Abbreviations and Metric Equivalents
Abbreviations
Letter to the Ministers office
1 The Claim and the Proceedings
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Claim Hearings
1.3 The Role of the Waitangi Tribunal
1.4 Summary
2 Mana Whenua, Mana Tangata
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Take Whenua Kite Hou: Te Arawa
2.3 Take Whenua Kite Hou: Tainui
2.4 Take Raupatu: Ngati Raukawa
2.5 The Mana of Te Heuheu: Ngati Tuwharetoa
3 Perspectives of Land and People
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Pakeha Descriptions of Pouakani Block
3.3 Maori Settlement on Pouakani Block
4 The Impact of the Pakeha
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The King Movement
4.3 War in the Waikato
4.4 After Orakau
4.5 Public Works and "Pacification"
5 The Native Land Court and Land Purchases 1867-1883
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Native Land Court
5.3 Land Purchase
5.4 The Tatua Block
6 The North Island Main Trunk Line
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Proposed Routes in the 1870s
6.3 Railway Surveys
7 The Rohe Potae
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The King Country Survey
7.3 The "Aotea Agreement"
7.4 Ngati Maniapoto and the Native Land Court
7.5 Legislation for the Rohe Potae
8 Ngati Tuwharetoa and the Rohe Potae
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Tauponuiatia Block
8.3 The Tauponuiatia West Block
8.4 The Tauponuiatia Royal Commission 1889
8.5 Section 29 Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act 1889
9 Transactions on the Maraeroa and Pouakani Blocks
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Pieces in the Jigsaw Puzzle
9.3 Survey Problems
9.4 The Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Boundary
9.5 The Tauponuiatia Royal Commission Recommendation
10 The Survey of the Tauponuiatia Royal Commission Boundary
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Boundary from Pakihi to Weraroa
10.3 Tahorakarewarewa
10.4 The Boundary from Pureora to Taporaroa
11 Crown Purchases in Pouakani and Maraeroa Blocks
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Subdivision and Crown Purchase of Pouakani Block
11.3 Subdivision and Crown Purchase of Maraeroa Block
11.4 Maraeroa C Block
12 Survey Charges
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Crown Acquisition of Pouakani No 1 Block
12.3 Tuwharetoa Negotiations on Survey Charges
12.4 Survey Liens on Pouakani Block 1899
12.5 Survey Liens on Maraeroa and Tihoi Blocks
13 Commission on Native Land Laws 1891
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Submissions of Maniapoto and Tuwharetoa Leaders
13.3 Crown Pre-emption in the Rohe Potae
13.4 The Impact of the Native Land Court
13.5 Findings and Recommendations
14 The Pouakani B9B Boundary Dispute
14.1 Introduction
14.2 The Trusts and their Lands
14.3 The Survey Problem
14.4 The Pouakani B9B Boundary Dispute
14.5 Findings and Recommendations
15 The Claim Relating to Forests
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Te Ngahere
15.3 The Logging of West Taupo Forests
15.4 Pureora Forest Park
15.5 Findings and Recommendations
16 Waikato River
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Ko Waikato te Awa
16.3 The Impact of Hydro-Electric Power Schemes
16.4 The "Ownership" of the Bed of The Waikato River
16.5 Findings and Recommendations
17 Ngati Kahungunu Ki Pouakani
17.1 The "Wairarapa Exchange"
18 Summary of Findings and Recommendations
18.1 The Claim and the Proceedings (Chapter 1)
18.2 Historical Overview (Chapters 2-6)
18.3 The Rohe Potae and the Native Land Court (Chapters 7-8)
18.4 The Maraeroa and Pouakani Blocks (Chapters 9-12)
18.5 The Native Land Court and Crown Land Acquisition in the Late Nineteenth Century (Chapter 13)
18.6 The Boundary Problems of the Titiraupenga and Pouakani B9B Trusts (Chapter 14)
18.7 The Claim Relating to Forests (Chapter 15)
18.8 The Claim Relating to the Waikato River (Chapter 16)
18.9 Ngati Kahungunu ki Pouakani (Chapter 17)
18.10 Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
1.1 The Text in Maori
1.2 The Text in English
2.1 The Claims of 27 March 1987
2.2 Relief Sought By the Claimant
2.3 Amended Statement of Claim [of 23 October 1987]
2.4 Addendum to Amended Statement of Claim [27 april 1989]
3 Memorandum from Waitangi Tribunal Concerning Claimants Costs
4 Te Haerenga Mai o Tia ki Titiraupenga The Journey of Tia to Titiraupenga
5 Chronology of Events Relating to Pouakani Block
6 Petition of the Maniapoto, Raukawa, Tuwharetoa and Whanganui Tribes 1883
7 Report of the Royal Commission into the Tauponuiatia Block 1889
7.1 Issue No. 1.
7.2 Issue No. 2
7.3 Issue No. 3
8 Report of Native Land Court on Petition No. 109/1931 of Pepene Eketone and others re Tahorakarewarewa Block
9 Report of Native Land Court on Petition No. 73/1940 of Pouaka Wehi and others re Maraeroa C Block.
10 (a) List of Acts 1862-1899
10 (b) Thomas Mackays "Synopsis of Legislation Affecting the Alienation and Disposition of Interests in Native Lands from 1862 to 1890 Inclusive"
11 (a) Introductory Note
11 (b) Some Definitions
11 (c) Extract from Survey Regulations under the Land Act 1885 (New Zealand Gazette 1886 pp 634-642)
11 (d) Extract From Survey Regulations under the Land Act 1892 (New Zealand Gazette 1897 pp 223-235)
12 (a) The DOSLI plan numbering system
12 (b) The Lands
12 (c) The Plans
12 (d) Field Book 722
12 (e) Plan GM 180
13 An Analysis of Stubbings 1892 Plan and Subsequent Additions.
14 How to Find the Boundaries of Pouakani B9B Block
15 Legal Submissions on the Beds of Navigable Rivers
15.1 Navigable Rivers at Common Law
15.2 Statutory Vesting of River Beds in the Crown in New Zealand
15.3 Summary and Conclusions
16 Lands Taken For Hydro-electric Power Purposes
17 Record of Documents
17 A: First hearing at Te Papa o te Aroha Marae, Tokoroa, 15-18 May 1989
17 B: Second hearing at Conference Room, Timberlands Hotel, Tokoroa, 21-23 August 1989
17 C Third hearing at Te Papa o te Aroha Marae, Tokoroa, 9-12 October 1989

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