Wai 1040 Northland inquiry index [pdf, 1.1 MB]
...Date received: 08 Jul 93 Claimant: Anaru Kira and Pita George Representing: Whakarara Maori Committee Concerning: The claim concerns the Crown's acquisition of Whakarara Mountain and surrounding lands as surplus land. It is said the land is now in private ownership and it is asked that the Crown buy back the land for Maori, the private owners apparently being willing to entertain such a proposition. The Crown under surplus lands took possession of the land in 1933 and sold it to private o...