Figure 46: Native Land Court awards in the Ohinemuri block, 1882

cent of the acreage sold, to be defined within one or two blocks. Eventually, ‘tribal’ reserves were agreed as follows: Ngati Tamatera, 3430 acres; Ngati Koi, 1170 acres; Ngati Tangata (with Ngati Karaua and Ngati Koroki), 632 acres; Te Uriwha, 793 acres; Ngati Taharua, 434 acres; and Ngati Rahiri, 147 acres. No restrictions were placed on the titles. Six inalienable reserves of 10 acres or less each were also made, apparently to whanau.¹³¹ Dr Anderson notes Gill’s comment that:

it was necessary, if possible, that the order of the Court about to be made to those Natives who had not parted with their share, should not include land that was at the present time in use for mining purposes or that was held under agricultural leases from the warden of the Goldfields.¹³²

The same restriction was also applied to the location of the reserves awarded to sellers.

131. ‘Statement of the Facts and Circumstances Affecting the Ohinemuri Block’ (doc a8(a), pp 1026–1237)

132. Gill to Native Minister, 29 July 1882, nlp82/291 (doc a8, p 270)