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

[Deeds—No. 301]

Deeds—No. 301

Matakitaki Block, Coromandel District.

1858. 4 September. Coromondel District.

Tenei Pukapuka

i tuhituhia i tenei 4 te wha o nga ra o Hepetema i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1858 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu naku he Rangatira no Te Putukirikiri noku te ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka moku

Matakitaki.

mo oku whanaunga me oku uri mo te tuhituhinga o toku ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga-Pauna moni e waru tekau £80 kua utua mai ki ahau e Te Pirihi kai whakarite

Boundaries

whenua mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e ahau te-rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Waiau ko Matakitaki te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei

rarb

i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me toku tikanga me toku take me toku paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo toku whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei toku ingoa. A hei tohu

hold

mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o. Te Pirihi Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Konga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Matakitaki haere tonu whaka te Marangae marake a tuhaki i te awa o Pitote whai tonu i te tau rewarewa a Te taheke ka huri ki te-marangae ma tonga whai

tonud

te taukaka o runga piko atu piko mai a-Pukerahui ka haere whaka 'te hauauru ma tonga ka tutaki atu ki ta te Pirihi ki Te Tutu miri tonu ki te tana o ta Te Pirihi a Matakitaki.

Translation.

This Deed

written on this 4th fourth day of September in the Year of our Lord 1858

1858. 4 September.

Coromandel. District.

is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by me a Chief of the Tribe Patukiri-kiri whose name is hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of myself my relatives and descendants I have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England

Matakitaki.

Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of eighty Pounds (£80) to me paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of my Land situated at Waiau and named Matakitaki the boundaries where of are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed there to with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all my right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever And in testimony of my consent to all the conditions of this Deed I have hereunto subscribed my name. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of James Preece district Commissioner is hereunto subscribed.

Boundaries

These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Matakitaki and running in. a north easterly direction' crossing the river Pitote then following the Rewarewa ridge to Te Taheke then running in a south easterly direction, and following the windings of the highes range as far as Pukerahui then turning in almost a south westerly direction running in a straight line meeting Mr Preece's land at Te Tutu and following the boundary of the same to Matakitaki