PUBLICANS LICENCES FOR THE EAST COAST AREA extracted from the Auckland Provincial Government Gazettes, 1868 – 1876
The Auckland Provincial Government Gazettes are a rich source of history when used alongside contemporary newspaper reports and travelers accounts of the East Coast. As effective government (provincial or central) was not established in the Poverty Bay – East Coast area until after the military engagements of the mid to late 1860s, there is little official record of hostelry before that time.
And licences may not have always been applied for in some of the more isolated settlements. For instance, it is recorded that Capt. Henry Glover established the first hotel at Uawa or Tolaga Bay on land gifted to Glover by Karauria Pahura in 1866 (and the application for a licence exists in Archives NZ, Wellington) But the first licence gazetted in Glover’s name was in 1871, the year prior to his sale of the Pahura Hotel to Capt. John Trimmer.
As European settlement proceeded in Poverty Bay from 1866, the number of hotels increased, especially with the establishment of the town of Gisborne (formerly Turanga or Turanganui) in 1870. When a six-foot bridle track was pushed north towards Tolaga Bay and later on to Awanui, near the mouth of the Waiapu river near present-day Ruatoria, the licenced trade burgeoned on the East Coast as well.
The Annual Licencing Meeting, held on 22 April 1873 at Gisborne, was reported in the Poverty Bay Standard of Wednesday 23 April, will shortly be added below the table of licences extracted from the gazettes. Full references to the gazette material, with year and page, are available by email from Stephen Donald
Notes:
Surname
|
First
names |
Hotel
or location |
District |
Added
notes |
1868 |
1869 |
1870 |
1871 |
1872 |
1873 |
1874 |
1875 |
1876 |
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Adair |
William |
|
Gisborne |
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WS |
WS |
|
Beckett |
Thomas |
Te
Kapu |
Southern
Division |
Frasertown |
|
|
|
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BL |
BL |
BL |
|
|
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Bell |
Thomas |
Kaiteratahi |
Scott's
Crossing |
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10PM |
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Betts |
W.C. |
Tekaha
[Te Kaha] |
Opotiki |
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|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
/ Hird |
Alexander |
Royal
Oak Hotel |
Matawhero |
|
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10PM |
10PM |
|
|
|
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Black |
Robert |
Raukokore |
Cape
Runaway |
|
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|
|
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|
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BL |
BL |
BL |
|
Black |
Thomas |
Omaio |
Cape
Runaway |
|
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|
BL |
|
Black |
William |
Halfway
House |
Raukokore |
|
|
BL |
|
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|
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|
|
Black |
William |
Raukokore |
Southern
Division |
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|
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BL |
|
|
|
|
|
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Blair |
Alexander |
Argyle
/ Argyll Hotel |
Gisborne |
Argyll
probably correct spelling |
|
|
BL |
10PM |
10PM |
12AM |
12AM |
|
|
|
Bradley |
John
|
Albion |
Gisborne |
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
|
12AM |
12AM |
12AM |
12AM |
|
Bradley |
John
Alexander. |
Gisborne
Hotel |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
10PM |
10PM |
|
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|
|
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Bradley
|
John |
|
Turanganui |
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Buchanan |
James |
|
Gisborne |
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WS |
|
|
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Butt |
John
Edwin |
Shamrock |
Gisborne |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
12AM |
|
Cadle
|
John |
Matawhero |
Poverty
Bay |
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Callaghan |
John |
Kawakawa
Hotel |
Kawakawa
|
Not
clear whether this is East Coast or Bay of Islands? |
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Campbell |
Hugh |
Waitotara |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
Caulton |
Stapylton
C. |
Masonic
Hotel |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12AM |
12AM |
|
|
|
Clarke |
George |
Royal |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
Colebrook |
Robert
|
Waerenga-a-hika
Hotel |
Waerenga-a-hika |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
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Crawford |
William |
|
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
WS |
|
Cuff |
Arthur |
Ormond
Hotel |
Ormond |
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
|
|
Cuff |
Arthur
F. |
Mangatu |
Poverty
Bay |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
Daly
|
Robert |
Shamrock
Hotel |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
|
Dalziell |
Alexander |
Makaraka
Hotel |
Makaraka |
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
10PM |
10PM |
|
|
|
Duncan |
Archibald |
Omanuka
/ Anawia [Anaura?] |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
|
Elston |
Henry |
|
Turanga |
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ferris |
Charles
William |
|
Nawa
[Uawa] |
location
at Uawa unknown |
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Flint |
George
Bridger |
Te
Maru Maru |
Southern
Division |
Wairoa
district |
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
|
|
Fox |
Frederick |
Te
Awanui |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
Fox |
Thomas |
Waipiro
/ Waipere Bay [sic] |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
|
|
Fox |
Thomas |
Akuaku |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
Glover |
Henry |
Tolaga
Bay |
Southern
Division |
Known
as Pahura Hotel |
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goldsmith |
Charles
George |
Muriwai |
Muriwai,
Tauranga [Turanga] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
Graham |
Andrew |
|
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
|
|
|
Green |
James
Edward |
East
Cape Hotel |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greene |
James
E. |
Karaua |
Karaua
|
Poverty
Bay |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
Greene |
William
Scott |
|
Kaiariki |
Poverty
Bay |
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greene |
William
Scott |
Turanga |
Poverty
Bay |
|
|
WS |
|
|
WS |
|
|
|
|
|
Hapai |
Himiona |
Waipiro |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
Hardy |
Arthur
Frederick |
|
Turanga |
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hastie |
James |
Ormond |
Turanga |
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hayes |
John |
Reparua
[Reporua] |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
Higgins |
Lawrence |
Empire
Hotel |
Roseland |
Makaraka |
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
|
Higgins |
Lawrence |
Shelbourne |
Makaraka
/ Matawhero |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12AM |
12AM |
|
Holloway |
Samuel |
Ferry
Hotel |
Gisborne |
Probably
at Wharaurangi crossing of Waipaoa river, Poverty Bay |
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hood
|
Hugh |
Royal |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12AM |
|
Horsfall |
Samuel
Tomlin |
|
Pakirikiri |
Mouth
of the Waipaoa river, Poverty Bay |
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
WS |
WS |
WS |
|
Jones |
Frederick |
Te
Kaha |
Southern
Division |
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kelly |
Richard |
Shamrock
Hotel |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
Kinross
& Graham |
|
|
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
|
|
|
|
MacDonald |
|
|
Kawakawa |
|
|
ML |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Magill |
Robert |
Ormond |
Ormond |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
Maney |
R.D. |
|
Te
Kapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
|
|
|
Maynard |
John |
|
Muriwai |
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Milner |
William |
Tuparoa |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
Morgan |
John |
Kawa
Kawa |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
Mullooly |
Michael |
Sea
View Hotel |
Nawa
[Uawa] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
|
Mulooley
[Mullooly] |
Michael |
Uawa |
Waiapu |
Sea
View name used for hotel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
Ngata |
Paratene |
Waimatatine
[Waiomatatini] |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
O'Donoghue |
Thomas |
Ferry |
Wharaurangi |
Known
as the Big River |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
|
|
Page |
Daniel |
Masonic |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12AM |
|
Peachy |
James |
Maid
of Kent Hotel |
Kawakawa,
Waiapu |
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Porter |
Thomas
Wm |
|
Waiapu |
location
at Waiapu unknown |
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Potae |
Henry |
Tokomaru |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
Rakano |
Tamihana |
Wairakou
[?] |
Waiapu |
location
unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
Ratapu |
Epiniha
|
Marahea |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
Read |
G.E. |
|
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
WS |
WS |
WS |
|
|
|
|
Robjohn
& Teat |
|
|
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
|
|
|
Saunders |
George |
Waerenga-a-hika |
Poverty
Bay |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
APGG
1875 p.502 |
|
|
Stegall |
Robert
Mayhew |
Makaraka |
Makaraka |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
Strong |
Howard |
|
Ormond |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
|
Taru |
Hutana |
Waipiro |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
Te
Kani |
Himiona |
Waiokahu |
Waiapu |
Tohetohe
Hotel established in conjuction with John Trimmer 1876 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
Te
Moana |
Hohepa |
Whareponga |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
Tibbals |
Alfred
C |
Te
Muriwai Hotel / Muri Wai |
Muri
Wai [Muriwai] |
|
|
|
|
10PM |
10PM |
|
10PM |
10PM |
|
|
Tibbals |
Charles |
Te
Muriwas [Muriwai] |
Turanga |
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trimmer |
Henry |
|
Tolaga
Bay |
store
and bakery shown in 1877 electoral roll |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
WS |
|
Trimmer |
John |
Nawa
[sic], Tolaga Bay |
Southern
Division / Waiapu |
Known
as Pahura
Hotel |
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
Villars |
John |
Chandos |
Ormond |
|
|
|
|
10PM |
10PM |
10PM |
|
|
|
|
Walker |
Edward |
Te
Awanui |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
BL |
BL |
|
Walker |
Edward |
The
Coaster's Home / Coaster's Home of Waiapu |
Te
Awanui, Turanga |
|
|
BL |
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Walker |
James |
Te
Kaha |
Cape
Runaway |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
|
Walker |
James |
|
Waiapiro
[sic] |
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
Walker |
James |
The
Bush Hotel |
Waipiro |
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Walker |
James |
Waipiro |
Waiapu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
Walker |
John |
Traveller's
Rest |
Waipiro |
|
|
BL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Webb |
William |
Omaio |
Cape
Runaway |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BL |
BL |
|
|
Whitson
& Son |
|
|
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WS |
|
|
|
Williams |
Henry |
Waerenga-a-hika |
Waerenga-a-hika |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
|
Wilson |
Samuel
Mason |
Argyle
[Argyll?] |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10PM |
10PM |
|
Surname |
First
names |
Hotel
or location |
District |
Added
notes |
1868 |
1869 |
1870 |
1871 |
1872 |
1873 |
1874 |
1875 |
1876 |
