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Aspects of the
History of Kohumaru
in the Vicinity of Kenana
A Report Commissioned by the
Waitangi Tribunal for
Wai 58, Wai 295 and Wai 320
Katherine Orr-Nimmo
May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
MAPS:
Map 1: General Location Map
Map 2: The 1863 Mangonui "Purchase"
Map 3: The 1859 Upper Kohumaru "Purchase" and
Kohumaru A and B
Map 4: Kohumaru School, Church and Landing Sites
MapS: Kohumaru Station
Page
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
1.1 Claims for Kohumaru Station 1
1.2 Use of the Name 'Kohumaru' 2
1.3 The Focus of this Report 4
CHAPTER 2: Some Background on Muriwh.enua,
Pororua and the Tukariri Whanau
2.1 Some Background on early Nineteenth
Century Muriwhenua 8
2.2 . The Upper Kohumaru 'Purchase' 11
2.3 The Mangonui 'Purchase' 14
2.4 The Tukariri Whanau and Muriwhenua 16
2.5 Conclusion 25
CHAPTER 3: The Kenana Native School to 1904
3.1 The Campaign for a School at Kenana 27
3.2 The School Site and the School Building 29
3.3 The School House and the School House Site 32
3.4 Conclusion 34
CHAPTER 4: Kohumaru and the Native Land Court_
4.1 Applications for Investigation of Title 36
4.2 The 1901 Investigation of Title 38
4.2.1 The Case of Karena Kiwa 38
4.2.2 The Case Conducted by Hone Hapa 43
4.2.3 The Decision in the 1901 Investigation of Title 48
4.3 The 1902 Appeal 51
4.4 The Petitions of 1902, 1904 and 1905 54
4.5 Kohumaru and the Stout-Ngata Commission 55
4.6 The 1910 Investigation by the Chief Judge 56
4.7 Legislation and the 1912 Hearing 58
4.8 Survey and Partitioning of Kohumaru 60
4.9 Some Later Discontent about the Title 61
4.10 Conclusion 62
CHAPTERS: Kenana and the Landing Reserve 66
CHAPTER 6: Kenana and the Bridge
6.1 Kenana Stream and Access to the School 71
6.2 The Petition for a Bridge 72
6.3 Conclusion 75
CHAPTER 7: The Kenana Native School in the
Twentieth Century
7.1 Kenana Native School 1904 -1931 76
7.2 Attempts to have the School Re-opened 79
in the 1930s
7.3 Disposal of the School Site and Buildings 82
7.4 Attempts to have the School Re-opened
in the1940s and 1950s 87
7.5 Conclusion 93
CHAPTER 8: Conclusion 95
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks to the following for the provision of archives and information:-the staff of
National Archives, Auckland; the staff of National Archives, Wellington; the staff of the
Whangarei Maori Land Court, and the staff of the National Office of LINZ. It has been most
helpful to talk to Rose Hum and others from the Wai 320 claim. I am also grateful to
colleagues at the Waitangi Tribunal, Departments of Courts, particularly Dr Barry Rigby, for
their advice and encouragement.
ABBREVIATIONS
AJHR Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives
fol(s) folio(s)
ibid ibidem (in the same book, etc)
LINZ Land Information New Zealand
LS Department of Lands and Survey
MA Maori Affairs
MB Minute Book
NA National Archives
NLC Native Land Court
op cit opere citato (in the work already quoted)
p,pp page(s)
s, ss section(s ) (of an Act)
Wai Waitangi Tribunal claim
THE AUTHOR
Tena koutou. My name is Katherine Orr-Nimmo. I am a Pakeha of Scottish, Irisnand English
descent. My family lives in Wellington. I have a B.Sc.(Hons) in Economics from the
University of Canterbury, completed in 1977. From the University of Oxford I have a D.Phil
in Modem History and a B.A.(Hons) in Theology, both completed in 1983. I am an Anglican
priest. Between 1986 and 1995, I worked in parish ministry and as an industrial chaplain. I
also contributed entries to volumes one and two of The Dictionary of New Zealand
Biography. Between 1995 and 1997, I worked on a report for Crown Forestry Rental Trust on
the East Coast Maori Trust. From April 1997 to April 1999, I was a Research Officer at the
Waitangi Tribunal. During that time I was responsible for facilitating claims for the East
Coast area above Poverty Bay. I also wrote 'The Land and the Blackberry: Aspects of the
History of the Hereheretau and Kahaatureia Blocks with special reference to Hereheretau
Station and the Maori Soldiers' Fund' (April 1998) and ' "A Matter of Bargain": Aspects of
the History of Parish ofTe Puna Lots 16 and 154' (September 1998). Since then, I have been
working both on this report and on 'The Trustee and the Trees: A Report on the Leasing of
Papatarata A2' (May 1999).
Doubtless
. Bay
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0 5
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kilometres
GMO:5-99
Map 1: General Location Map.
SKETCH PLAN OF MANGONUI PURCHASE 1863
Source: Auc No 412
GMO:5/99
Map 2: The 1863 Mangonui "Purchase."
Mangonui
Harbour
Upper Kohumaru
(Turton Deed 4)
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kilometres
GMO:5i99
Map 3: The Upper Kohumaru "Purchase" and Kohumaru A and B.
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I I
metres
Landing site
Kohumaru
Kohumaru
B2D2
A2
Additional Site
Kohumaru
for School House
B1 (2 acres)
Map 4: Kohumaru School, Church and Landing Sites.