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

[Deeds—No. 228.]

Deeds—No. 228.

Tirikohua Block, Auckland District.

Ko te Tuhituhinga

o tenei pukapuka i te iwa o nga ra o Hunu kotahi mano e waru

1853. 9 June. Auckland District.

rau e rima tekau ma tonu te whakaetanga o nga Rangatira o Nga ti Manoki me nga

Tirikohua.

rangatira o nga Tikura te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko Piripi ko Paratene, ko Te Warihi ko Kereopa, ko Paora 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 pauna moni e wha rau e toru tekau, mo Tirikohua a kia

Price £430.

rua tukunga o enei moni, kia rua

ran

ma toru tekau i te tukunga matamua, a kia rua rau mo te tukunga tuarua, nokonei 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, ake, i tenei whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei kainga, ko ona rohe koia enei ki te Marangai, ko te

Boundaries.

rohe koia kei te rohe o te tukunga o Ramarama, ko te rohe ki te tua Raki, ko te rohe,

[9,000 acres.]

koia kei nga rohe tukunga kia Kuini o Tutainui o Tomotomo, ko te rohe ki te Hauauru kei te awa o Parakaha, ko te rohe o te Tonga ka timata ki te puaretanga o te Whakapipi ki roto ki Parakaha a haere tonu ki te rua ki te taha o te Wakapipi, ki te huarahi ki Tuakau a haere tonu tutuki noa ki te katea o Ramarama, ki te tikanga o te kapihu

N

. 80 ko te rawhiti, kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei. Tirohia o matou ingoa i raro.

Ropiha.
patara.
hami.
Piripi.
Potaua.
te urupa.
Piripi.
te warihi Kerepa.
Patene te rehutai.
Paora.
Hapimana.
te Hemara.

I te aroaro o—

A. Sinclair, Junr.
John White.
John G. Johnson, Interpreter,

Witness to signatures not in brackets for instalment on 21st June.

Kua riro mai i a matou e rua rau ma toru tekau nga moni o te utunga matamua ki
Receipt for £230
21 June, 1853, received cash 200
£430
te 9 o nga ra o Huni 1853 nga rau e rua te wakaotinga ki te 21 o nga ra o Huni 1853 kua tuhituhia nei ki roto ki tenei pukapuka; Koia matou ka tuhituhi nei i o matou ingoa i tenei ra i te iwa o Hune mo to mua i te 21, o nga ra o Hunu mo to muri i te tau o to tatou Ariki, kotahi mano waru rau i te rima tekau ma toru.

Ropiha.
patara.
Rawiri.
potaua.
te mata.
e pi ha.
epiha.
te urupa.
te Hiema.
ra.
ngatuna.
moititere.
Warewa.
Pripi.
tewarihi.
Kereopa.
Paratene.
Te Rehutai.
Paora.
Hapimana.
noki.
hona.
tetahi.

I te aroaro o—
Witnesses

Andrew Sinclair, Junr.
John White.
John G. Johnson, Interpreter.

21

st June

, 1853.

Translation.

This Deed

entered into on the ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty

1853. 9 June.

three being the agreement between the Chiefs of the Nga Timanoki and the Chiefs of

Tirikohua.

the Ngatikura Tribes and also the Queen of England on her part, now we Piripi, Paratene, Warihi, Kereopa Hapimana and Paora being the owners of the land described in this document hereby agree to sell this land to the Queen of England for the sum of Four hundred and thirty pounds stg. Tiri Kohua being the name of the land the money

Price £430.

to be given in two Instalments the first to be two hundred and thirty pounds the second to be two hundred in consideration of which we give and let to Victoria Queen of England and Kings and Queens after her for ever and ever this land and all belonging to it whatsoever. The Boundaries are these, on the East it is bounded by the Rama

Boundaries.

Rama as defined in the sale of Rama Rama to the Queen, the boundary on the North is

[9,000 acres.]

the line cut by the Surveyors on the sale to the Queen of Tutaenui and Tomotomo. The boundary on the West is the Creek Parakaha that on the South is the confluence of the stream Wakapipi and the Parakaha river then on the hole at the side of the Wakapipi and on to the road of Tuakau and thence by compass North 80° East on till it cuts

the Boundary of Rama Rama, the plan of this land being endorsed on the other side of this Deed.