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

[Deed Receipts—No. 29.]

Deed Receipts—No. 29.

Waiariki Block (Right of Road), Whangarei District.

Kua riro

mai ki a matou na Te Herangi i homai nga pauna moni e rima tekau i tenei

1863. 20 February.

Whangarei District.

ra te 20 o Pepuere 1863, Ko aua moni hei tino ritenga utunga ki a matou katoa mo a matou wahi whenua, kua oti i a matou te tuku rawa atu ki a Te Kuini Wikitoria hei

Waiariki.

rori mona mo nga pakeha mo matou katoa ano hoki, I timata taua rori i Waiariki

Right of road.

i mutu ai i Wharekohe. I timata tetehi wahi o matou ko Te Manihera kei Waiariki

Receipt for £50.

ki te Kirikiri i mutu ai, Na ka haere i to Taurau i te Kirikiri ki te Hihi ka mutu ai, kahore

Boundaries.

ana utu o to Taurau wahi, na ka timata ta matou ko Te Manihera ki te Hihi ki Totoai ka mutu ai i konei kei Totoai ka timata ta Rimi wahi whenua kei Whangaiapawa ka mutu ai ka timata ano ta matou ko te Manihera kei Whangaiapawa kei Puketutu ka mutu ai, Na ka timata i Puketutu te wahi whenua o Te Tirarau raua ko Hori Kingi tae noa ki Wharekohe kahore ana utu. Heoi ko tenei Rori kua oti te ruri i a

Mr. Bedlington

te tuhi hoki ki te Tati kia kotahi tini (

chain) 66 feet

te whanui e haere tonu ana i

1 chain wide.

runga i a matou whenua, kua oti rawa i a matou i tenei ra te tuku atu ki a te Kuini o Ingarangi ake ake ake kahore hei ritenga i tu atu ki a matou.

( Sd.) Manihera.
" Te Tatau x tona tohu.
" Neho x tona tohu.
" Rimi.
( Sd.) Ko Te Matere.
" Taurua ( or Taurau).
" Parera x tona tohu.

Witness

( Sd.) R. A. Hould.

Translation.

Received

by us from Mr. Searancke on the 20th day of February 1863 the sum of Fifty

1863 20 February.

Pounds being the full payment to us all for our pieces of land which we have given up

Whangarei District.

to Queen Victoria as a road for the Pakeha and for us. The road commences at Waiariki and ends at

Receipt for £50.

Wharekohe, one portion of Te Manihera’s and our land (over which the

Waiariki.

road runs) commences at Waiariki and ends at Te Kirikiri. It then goes over Taurau’s

Right of road.

land from Te Kirikiri te Te Hihi where it ends; this payment however is not for Taurau’s part. Te Manihera and ours commences again at Te Hihi and ends at Totoai. At Totoai Rimi’s land commences and ends at Whangaiapawa and ends at Puketutu.

Boundaries.

At Puketutu Te Tirarau and Hori King’s commences and extends as far as Wharekohe for which there is to be no payment This road has been surveyed by Mr. Bedlington and a plan of it is drawn and the part that is over our land is to be one chain (66 feet)

1 chain wide.

wide. We have finally ceded it to the Queen of England this day for ever and ever no further payment is to be made to us.

(Sd.) Manihera.
" Te Tatau x tona tohu.
" Neho x tona tohu.
" Rimi.
(Sd.) Te Matere.
" Taurua (or Taurau).
" Parera x tona tohu.

Witness—

R. A. Hould.

A True Transcript of Office Copy of Receipt.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, October 8th, 1875.