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Mana whenua

 Subject
Subject Source: Reo
Scope Note: Customary law relating to the iwi/tribe's connection, ownership rights and role of stewardship to a particular area of land. Used by council bodies to identify the tangata whenua/indigenous people of that particular area.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Deed of conveyance of Puke Atua block, Kaipara, from Paora Tuhaere to Edmund Thomas Dufaur, 10 February 1880.

 Collection — Outsize 1
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2009/02
Scope and Contents

Includes plan of Puke Atua block, near Helensville, North Auckland (1,754 acres), and Maori translation by Richard De Thierry. Endorsed by Thomas M. Haultain, commissioner for Auckland Province under the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1870. Manuscript on parchment. Faded.

Dates: 1880