Waitangi Tribunal - Part 2 The alienation of Māori land in Rohe Potae [pdf, 5.9 MB]
...occur on the road reserve to avoid swampy land. The road had not been revested and was therefore outside the control of the Maori King. In the late 1940s the then KawhiaCounty Council apparently continued this problem by granting some temporary licences to build baches on the road reserve. This continued difficulties for managing the township and taking advantage of development opportunities. A further subdivision was made in about 1956 for some sections fronting the foreshore, and...