Tuhitarata Block (McMaster's Run), Wairarapa District.
1858. 23 June. Wairarapa District.
Tenei Pukapuka
tuku whenua i tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i te rua tekau ma toru 23 nga ra o Hune i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma waru 1858 He pukapuka tino wakaae pono na matou na nga Rangatira me nga tangata oTuhitarata.( McMaster's Run.)
Ngatikahungunu e mau nei nga-ingoa ki tenei pukapuka mo matou mo a matou whanaunga me o matou uri katoa e whanau i muri iho i a matou kia tino tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou Kainga ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.Receipt for | £200 |
Recd. cash— | |
10 Sept., 1853 | 300 |
27 Dec., 1854 | 250 |
10 Feb., 1855 | 150 |
13 Sept., 1855 | 100 |
£1,000 |
Boundaries.
Ka timata nga rohe ki te Arawata ki Paharakeke puta noa mai ki raro o te hiwi i huaina ko te Kairakauatoe puta noa ki te Whare o te Pakeha o Maka puta noa ki te Waiparaoa haere tika tonu ki te rohe o te whenua i tukua e Mitai Poneke ara ki te kainga o te Pakeha o Maka haere tika tonu i te ritenga o taua rohe puta noa ki roto ki te awa o Waihora ka waiho i roto o taua awa te rohe eke noa ki Mutuomango eke noa ki Waewaetea heke noa ki Makara witi noa ki nga Kihore a Taierua ka rere wakatetonga ka mau ki Hikapu rere tonu ki te Ngau ka mau ki runga o te kaha i tukua e nga tangata o Turanganui ka ahu wakaterawiti ki runga ki te hiwi o Aorangi tae noa ki te rerenga ki roto o Paharakeke puta noa i roto i Paharakeke tutaki noa ki te Arawata.Tenei ano hoki tetahi utunga e wakaaetia nei e te Kuini o Ingarani mona kia homai ki a matou i etahi takiwa ko nga Koha ara he 5 per cent.
Five per cents to be paid.
awa me ona manga me ona roto me ona wai me ona rakau me ona otaota me ona kohatu mo ona wahi parae me ona wahi ataahua me ona wahi kino me nga mea katoa ki runga ranei ki raro ranei i te whenua ka oti rawa i a matou te tino tuku rawa atu i tenei ra e witi nei hei whenua pumau na matou ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.A mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o roto i tenei pukapuka ka tuhia iho e matou o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.
A mo te wakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingaraui mona ki nga tikanga katoa o roto i tenei pukapuka ka tuhia iho te ingoa o te Herangi tetahi o nga kai wakarite whenua o te Kawana o Nui Tireni.
William N. Searancke,
Dist. Commissioner.
Na Te Manihera Rangitakaiwaho.
Na Paiura Te Watarauihi.
Na Eruera Rangitakaiwaho.
Na Hemi Hohepa.
Nga kai titiro ki enei homaitanga utu me enei tuhinga ingoa—
Thos. Hooker, Millwright and Engineer, Papawai.
Wm. Ronaldson,
Resident Minister, Papawai.
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
This Deed
of Sale of Land written on this Twenty third (23.) day of June in the year1858. 23 June. Wairarapa District.
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Fifty Eight (1858) is a Document of the full and true consent of us the Chiefs and people of Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto attached on behalf of ourselves our relatives and our descendants who may be born after us to entirely and for ever give over a portion of our place to VictoriaTuhitarata.(McMasters' Run.)
the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever.Receipt for | £200 |
Recd. cash— | |
10 Sept., 1853 | 300 |
27 Dec., 1854 | 250 |
10 Feb., 1855 | 150 |
13 Sept., 1855 | 100 |
£1,000 |
Boundaries.
called Tekairakauatoe thence to the house of the European McMaster thence to Te Waiparaoa thence in a direct line to the boundary of the Land sold by Mitai Poneke that is to the Land occupied by the European McMaster thence along that boundary to the Waihora River thence along that River, the boundary then ascends to Mutuomango thence to Waewaetea it then descends to Makara crossing to Ngakihoreotaierua thence towards the South to Hikapu thence to Te Ngau thence to the boundary of the Land sold by the people of Turanganui thence towards the East to the Aorangi hill thence till it runs into Paharakeke thence along Paharakeke till it reaches the Bridge.Five per cents to be paid.
make to us at future times that is to say the five per cents.Well we have finally given over this place which we inherited from our ancestors with its streams its branches its lakes, its waters its trees, its herbage its minerals its plains its pleasant places its bad places and everything appertaining to it whether above or under the surface of the Land We have finally handed it over under the shining sun of this day as a permanent possession from us to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her for ever.
And in token of our consent to all the conditions of this Document we hereunto sign our names and make our marks.
And in token of the consent of the Queen of England on Her part to all the conditions of this Document the name of Mr. Searancke the Land Purchase Commissioner of the Governor of New Zealand is signed hereunto.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
Correct Translation.
T. E. Young,
Translator, Native
Department.