Tuhourangi; claim by Mita Taupopoki, 1887

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File U. Box 5

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Mita Taupopoki (d. 1935) grew up near Lake Rotorua. In the 1880s he became a leading figure in disputes over land in the Rotorua region in the Native Land Court. The eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886 killed many Tuhourangi people and destroyed the livelihood of the survivors. In the following year Taupopoki was the only Tuhourangi witness in a major case in the Native Land Court, extending over several weeks and involving 21 groups of counter-claimants. The court eventually recognised Tohourangi's claims to the major part of the Rotomahana-Parekarangi land block. The papers consist of a handwritten transcript of Taupoki's testimony (51pp) and a few pages of genealogies.

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