This block was one of the early surveyed blocks, though the surveyor and the date of survey are not known.1 The plan shows the block to have an area of 328 acres.
The block is believed to have been acquired by the Crown, but no record of the purchase has been located during the research for this evidence.
Orua Block
An Orua block was purchased by the Crown in June 1858 for £300 from Ngati Paoa.2 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 1K. Supporting Papers #N269.
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