MLC 150 years of the Maori Land Court
The main claimant for the block was the Hawke’s Bay rangatira Karaitiana Takamoana, who had earlier formed part of a group of chiefs who had leased the land to a consortium of Pākehā runholders led by Thomas Tanner. The Court’s investigation of title began on 15 March 1866 and was heard initially in the Masonic Hall at Napier, with Judge Smith presiding and Te Keene and Te Hemara sitting as Assessors.
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