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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

1 Whangapoua Block

1 Whangapoua Block.

This has nearly all been granted to Natives, under the "Native Lands Act." Gold has been found in two or three places in the neighbourhood of the Waitekuri River, but the workings were abandoned in consequence of the obstructive policy pursued by the Native owners. There is a little land within this area which would be available for settlement, but the greater proportion is hilly, page 325broken country. The kauri timber has been sold to Messrs. Craig and Harris, and has formed the subject of interminable lawsuits between those parties. It is questionable whether much of the Whangapoua Block could be purchased, as it is probable the title to it is complicated by private arrangements between the Native owners and certain Europeans.