The Papakāinga Reserve is located adjacent to the sea on the Waimangō property. It was created by Tukumana Te Taniwha in 1940, a year before his death. On the 23rd of October 1940, Tukumana appeared before the Māori Land Court and applied to set aside a 'papakāinga and urupā reserve' of up to five acres to include his homestead and the urupā.

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Some key points are as follows:

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• The application is consistent with Tukumana’s draft will (as we know it). It seeks to create a papakāinga reserve of up to 5 acres. This papakāinga reserve is to include the urupā and the homestead.

• Tukumana sought to vest the papakāinga reserve in himself solely.

• Tukumana states that he was living in the homestead at Waimangō with his ‘mokopunas, the children of Miria and Turoa Roera’.

• Tukumana also refers to a further 50 acres to the south of the Waimangō stream  where his brother Te Pae Reihana lives. He states that he has interests in that block too but is not seeking to address those interests in this application.

• A Mr McIntyre represented the Board of Native Affairs in the hearing. The Board did not oppose the application. Both he and Tukumana’s counsel, a Mr Palmer, stated that the land was set aside for ‘development purposes’.

• The Court accepted the application and granted the partition.

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You can read the text of the court hearing (including Tukumana's intentions) here:

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Waimangō Papakāinga Partition 1940 by Tukumana Te Taniwha