TE PUIA

A survey plan of Te Puia block, with a given area of 8300 acres was prepared by Godfrey Knight.1 The date of this plan is not known.

Te Puia block (8350 acres) was purchased by the Crown in February 1865. There were 22 signatures of persons from Ngati Koheru and Ngati Rakawera on the deed. The purchase price was 1878-15- od (i.e. 416d an acre).2 James Preece was the Crown's purchase officer, and James Mackay (Civil Commissioner for Hauraki) and Charles Lawlor (Resident Magistrate at Coromandel) witnessed the deed.

Notification that Native Title to Te Puia had been extinguished was given in November 1869.3

Orua Block

An Orua block was purchased by the Crown in June 1858 for £300 from Ngati Paoa.4 Donald McLean was the Crown's purchase officer. The description of the boundaries in the deed suggest that the land purchased was within what were later known as the Te Puia and Te Hoho Blocks.

1 Hamilton Maori Land plan 1L. Supporting Papers #N270.

2   Turton's Deeds, Deed 340, pages 418-420. Supporting Papers #T2.60-62. Turtoth Deed Plans. Supporting Papers #T3.43.

3 New Zealand Gazette1869 pages 626-627. Supporting Papers #W3.1-2.

4   Turtons Deeds, Deed 293, pages 361-362. Supporting Papers #T2.3-4.

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