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The Hauraki Tribal Lands Supporting Papers, Parts r to 28 are over 14,000 pages of
documentation relevant to The Hauraki Treaty Claims, and in particular the work of David
Alexander who has researched the history of approximately 700 blocks of Maori land. These
were the original Maori land blocks that were alienated mainly to the Crown and in most
cases were subsequently sub-divided many to times to form the present day pattern of land
ownership in Hauraki.
Each document has been given its own unique identifier and has been categorised according
to document type and the block of land or subject it relates to.
There are 23 different types of documents which have been labelled Section A through to
Section W These comprise deeds, files, Maori Land Court Minute Book records, survey
plans, Certificates of Title, Land Registry Documents, Turton's Publications, Appendices to
the Journals of the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates and Gazette Notices.
A copy of the main index is included in each part. The main index is organised as follows:
Index Plan
Section Document Type
Auckland Deeds
Native Land Purchase Files
Maori Affairs Department Head Office Files
Land and Survey Department Head office Files
Land and Survey Department Auckland Files
Mines Department Head Office Files
Mines Department Thames Files
Justice Department Head Office Files
Maori Land Court Whangarei Minute Books
Maori Land Court Hamilton Minute Books
Maori Land Court Hamilton Block Order Files
Maori Land Court Hamilton Correspondence Files
Trust Commissioner Auckland Files
Hamilton Survey Plans
Auckland Survey Plans
Hamilton Certificates of Title
Hamilton Land Registry Documents
Auckland Land Registry Titles
Auckland Land Registry Documents
Turton's Publications
Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates
New Zealand Gazette
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