Te Hoe-o-Tainui Judgement, 1894
Here is a lightly edited version of this story which appeared in the Thames Advertiser on 3 February 1894. A copy of the version as it appeared in the newspaper can be seen below. THE HOE O TAINUI JUDGMENT CONFIRMED, AN INTERESTING CASE. Till sitting of the Chief Judges Court at the Thames to hear the reasons for granting a rehearing of the Hoe o Tainui block, which a few years back was decided by the Native Lands Court to belong to Ngati Tahuna and Ngati Te Hiko of Ngati Paoa and Ngati Koura has resulted in the application of the Ngati Mahuta for a rehearing, being dismissed, and the original judgment confirmed. Tainui was the canoe which came from Hawaii some fifty generations ago, and was the original or first canoe which landed here. She was followed by Te Arawa canoe. Te Hoe o Tainui signifies the steer oar of the Tainui canoe. The Hoe o Tainui judgment ranks amongst the most important of judgments given under the auspices of the Native Lands Court, and in itself proves the wi...
