List of Ratepayers in the Turanganui Highway Board District 

Dated Oct 7 1876 A. McDonald - chairman[1]                     

 

Turanganui Highway District appears to be the earliest attempt at the formation of local government for the area north of Gisborne, and covered the East Coast east and north of the Turanganui and Taruheru rivers.

 

Further research is required as to how long this local authority existed and the extent of its powers. Mackay notes in Historic Poverty Bay (page 397) that Te Arai, Ormond, Waikohu and Turanganui all had road boards at the time of the formation of Cook County Council in 1877.

 

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Surname

Names

Residence

Property situated

Rental value

Rate

Assessment

Campbell

Hugh

Waiototara

Gable End Hotel[2]

30-0-0

2.50%

15s

Cooper

Robert

Gisborne

Land in East Coast district[3]

174-0-0

2.50%

£4-7-0

Gibbons

Robert George

Poverty Bay

Portion of Whataupoko block

38-0-0

2.50%

19s 6d

Glover

Henry

Tolaga Bay

Township of Tolaga Bay

10-0-0

2.50%

5s

Glover

H. & L.

Tolaga Bay

Dwelling house[4]

5-0-0

2.50%

2s 6d

Harris

Edward Francis

Kaiti Block

portion of Kaiti block in his occupation

20-0-0

2.50%

10s

Loisel

Henri

Waiototara

Puatai block, Poverty Bay

80-0-0

2.50%

£2-0-0

McDonald

Allan

Whataupoko

Whataupoko, Kaiti and Pouawa blocks

350-0-0

2.50%

£8-15-0

Mullooly

Michael

Tolaga Bay

portion of Uawa block

100-0-0

2.50%

£2-10-0

Murphy

Edward

Tolaga Bay

Tahaiangi [Taharangi?], Paremata Sheep Run

350-0-0

2.50%

£8-15-0

Noble

Robert

Tolaga Bay

Native land in his occupation, East Coast[5]

100-0-0

2.50%

£2-10-0

Reeves

Andrew

Tolaga Bay

part of Waitaua block[6]

16-0-0

2.50%

8s

Robson & Sherratt

 

Tolaga Bay

Delta Station at Oawa [Uawa][7]

150-0-0

2.50%

£3-15-0

Seymour

James

Whangara

Whangara run

300-0-0

2.50%

£7-10-0

Tatham

Frederick Edmund

Anaura

Anaura block, Sheep Run

150-0-0

2.50%

£3-15-0

Te Kani

Himeona

East Coast

Waiokaho, Tohetohe Hotel[8]

20-0-0

2.50%

10s

Trimmer

Henry

Tolaga Bay

Township of Tolaga Bay

40-0-0

2.50%

£1-0-0

Trimmer

John

Tolaga Bay

Township of Tolaga Bay[9]

100-0-0

2.50%

£2-10-0

Westrupp

Charles

Poverty Bay

portion of Whataupoko block

25-0-0

2.50%

12s 6d

Wyllie

Kate

Mangapapa

portion of Whataupoko block

30-0-0

2.50%

1-5-0

           

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[1] Transcribed by Stephen Donald from records held in Archives NZ, Wellington Auckland Provincial Government reference 2458/76

[2] On East Coast bridle track, south of Puatai. See PUBLICANS LICENCES FOR THE EAST COAST AREA

[3] Unclear which land he occupied or leased at this stage – possibly part of Waingaromia block

[4] Henry jnr. and Lucy Glover, children of Captain Glover and his wife Miriama Turiri. Lucy Glover had married Edward Robson of the Delta, in 1872

[5] 4,500 acres of Mangaheia No.2, subleased from Robson and Sherratt. This was prior to Noble’s purchase of the freehold of Takapau block from Hepeta Maitai and others in December 1876

[6] Andrew Reeves also leased parts of Uawa No.2, Ihunui and Mangaopeka blocks.

[7] Mangaheia No.2, which they had obtained from E.B. Walker in 1872, subleasing 4,500 acres to Noble in 1876..

[8] On the East Coast bridle track, at north end of Kaiaua beach. See PUBLICANS LICENCES FOR THE EAST COAST AREA

[9] Probably the Pahura Hotel and adjacent land obtained from Capt Henry Glover, originally granted to Glover by Karauria Pahura for Glover’s children in 1866 See PUBLICANS LICENCES FOR THE EAST COAST AREA.