Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two
[Rangitikei District]
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1849. 15 May. Rangitikri District.
all men who see this Deed of land sale which is this day written, that is to say this fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, that we the Chiefs and people of Ngatiapa of Mangawhero and other places do finallyRangitikei-Turakina.
and unreservedly consent on behalf of ourselves our relatives our children and our descendants after us to entirely hand over all these lands of ours the boundaries whereof are here described and are delineated upon the plan of the survey, to Mr. McLean on behalf of the Governors of these Islands of New Zealand and also on behalf of all the Governors who may after them be appointed by the Queen of England to be a lasting possession for the Governors or the Europeans to whom it may be granted by the Governors.