Miscellaneous official papers re Maori lands

Date
1855-1863
By
New Zealand. Native Land Purchase Department; Tupara, Rania, active 1863
Reference
MS-Papers-0083-144
Description

Includes various correspondence regarding Maori land, enquiries by Maori about Native Reserves; list of iwi members of Taranaki tribes (see below); hand drawn map of the Whanganui district showing Maori and European land.

Includes list of names for "claim E, Titirangi to Waitara", for hapu other than Otaraua.

Also mentions claims by Matiaha Tiramorehu for the area from Kaiapoi to Kaikoura for the Kai Tahu tribe, lands purchased from Ngati Toa by the Crown, and an emerging sentiment that the original purchase was ill founded.

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original - Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0483-13
Part of
Mantell family : Papers / Series 2/1 Walter Mantell - Official correspondence and notes
Format
1 folder(s), Manuscripts
See original record

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