Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

[Deeds—No. 32.]

Deeds—No. 32.

Taraire No. I Block, Bay of Islands District.

1856. 22 December. Bay of Islands District.

Na ko tenei pukapuka

tuku whenua i tuhia i tenei ra i te 22 o nga ra o Tihema i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano waru rau rima tekau ma ono 1856. He Pukapuka tino whakaae na matou na nga Rangatira na nga putake o te whenua kia tukua paitia tetahi

Taraire No. 1.

wahi o to matou oneone ki te Kuini o Ingarangi hei whenua oti atu mona mo nga pakeha ake tonu atu. Ko te ingoa nui o tenei whenua ko teTaraire.

Ko nga kaha o te whenua.

Boundaries.

Ko nga kaha o te whenua koia enei. Ka timata i te kaha ki te marangai i te manga wai o Katiaka i te kaha o te Kingi ka whawhati i te wai o Puakakaho ka haere i te hiwi koraha pa noa ki te wai o te Taraire ka haere i te wai o te Taraire ka haere tonu i roto o taua wai a ka ahu te hau Kotiu ka haere i roto o te wai o Whakapirau a pa noa ki te kaha o Paikimana (

Spickman

) ka ahu ki te Hauauru ki Tupare ka haere i te hiwi pa noa ki te Uhu ka marere iho ki te wai o te Poti ka ahu ki te tonga hauauru te wai o Pongaheka ka haere i te hiwi o te Tawapuku tae noa ki te wai nui o Kaeo ka ahu i te tonga marangai ka haere i te wai nui o Kaeo tuhono noa ki te kaha timatanga i Katiaka.

Ko nga wahi tapu.

Burial grounds.

Ko enei wahi tapu e rua ko nga takotoranga kautanga o nga tupapaku e kapea ki waho ko Orotere ko Tauaki.

Ko te wahi e kapea ki waho.

Reserve. [270 acres.]

Ko te pihi o Toro te Tana e kapea i tenei tukunga whenua ki waho ka timata i te wai o Okaihau ko te hiwi ki runga ko te wai nui o Kaeo ki raro pa noa ki wai Puakakaho e rua rau e whitu tekau eka 270.
A no te mea kua tino whakaae pu matou kia tino tukua tenei whenua ki te Kuini o Ingarangi no reira ka tukua mai e ia kia matou hei utu E toru rau o nga pauna moni

Receipt for £300.

(£300) na te Henare Kepa i homai ki o matou ringaringa na tetahi o nga Kai tuku whenua o te Kawanatanga o Nui Tireni a ko te tohu o to matou whakaaetanga o te rironga mai hoki o nga moni koia tenei ka oti nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu te whakapiri ki tenei pukapuka i tenei ra i te 22 o nga ra o Tihema 1856.

Ko Heremaia x.
Ko Maihi.
Ko Rihari x.
Ko Pumipi x.
Ko Amato.
Ko Hohepa Te Taha.
Taniora Kowhiti x (Na Heremaia).
Ko Ururoa x.
Hare Hongi.
Waharorowai x.
Paora Putete.
Hone Heke.
Ko Ruinga x.
Ko Toro x (Na Heremaia).
Ko Henare Te Tupe x (Na Heremaia).
Ko te Waka Nene x (Na Heremaia).
Na Pororua.
Ko Kingi Wiremu Hokiro x.
Ko te Pakira x.
Na te Rata Hongi.
Wi te Tuauru.

Witnesses to the payment

Alexander Nesbit, Settler, Whangaroa.
Wm. Spickman, Do, Whangaroa.
Robert Bell, Do, Whangaroa.
Koikoi, Private, Armed Police, "Mangonui."
W.B. White, Rest. Magste.
H. T. Kemp, District Commissioner.

Translation.

1856. 22 December. Bay of Islands District.

This Deed

being a Sale of Land drawn out on this 22nd day of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty six (1856) is a deed by which we the Chiefs being the rightful owners of the soil fully and freely consent to sell or convey a

Taraire No. 1.

portion of our land to the Queen of England to become the property of herself and the Europeans for ever and ever. The Name by which this Block of Land is known is the Taraire.

The Burial grounds or places.

These two Burial places that is to say the spots themselves only where persons have

Burial grounds.

been interred are excluded from this sale (of) land their names are Orotere and Tauaki.