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

[Deeds—No. 143.]

Deeds—No. 143.

Kaiakeake Block (near Riverhead), Kaipara District.

1853. 1 July.

Ko te tuhituhinga

o tenei pukapuka i te tahi o nga ra o Hurai i te tau o to tatou

Kaipara District.

Ariki kotahi mano waru rau e rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetanga o matou nga Rangatira

Kaiakeake.

o nga Tiwhatua te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko matou ko Manihera te Wiremu, te Wirehana nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei matou ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini

Victoria

hei utu mo nga moni kotahi tekau pauna, kua homai nei kia matou i te tahi o nga ra o Hurai 1853, no konei ka hoatu nei, ka tuku atu nei ki a

Victoria

te Kuini o Ingarani, ki te Kingi, Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake, ake,

akc

, i taua whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha

Boundaries.

noa iho o tenei kainga, ko ona rohe koia enei kei te marangai kei te rohe o te tukunga kia te Harete, kei te Hau raro kei nga rohe tukunga o te Rangitopuni me te Ararimu kia te Kuini, kei te Hauauru kei te rohe o te tukunga o Kai pakau ki te Pakeha, ko to te tonga kei te rohe o te tukunga o te Kauri kia te Kuini kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei.

Translation.

This Deed

entered into on the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand

1853 1 July.

eight hundred and fifty three being the consent of us the Chiefs of the Nga Tiwatua

Kaipara District.

also the consent of the Queen of England for herself. Now we Manihera, Wiremu and Wirihana the owners of the land specified in this Deed do now agree to sell this land to

Kaiakeake.

Queen Victoria for the sum of Ten pounds now given to us on this the first day of July 1853, for this we give and let to Victoria Queen of England and Her Heirs and successors for ever, This land and all that thereto belongs. The Boundaries are as

Boundaries.

follows, on the East it joins the block of land as sold to Mr. Elliott, on the North it joins the Rangitopuni and Ararima as defined in the sale of the said land to the Queen, on the West it joins Kaipukau on the South it joins the Kauri as defined in the sale to the Queen.