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

[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

Translation.

1851. 4 November

this Deed conveying land written on this Fourth 4 day of November in the year of our

Hawake's Bay

Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one 1851 is a paper of the full consent of us the chiefs and people of Heretaunga on behalf of ourselves our relatives and

Waipukurau

descendants who shall be born after us entirely to give up that portion of our land as delineated upon the plan hereunto attached to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens her successors for ever.

The Boundaries of the Land.

Now these are the names of the boundaries pointed out to and perambulated with Mr. McLean and Mr. Pelichet the surveyor when we went in a body to survey the land. Now we have in our assemblies at Waipukurau at Patanga at Te Aute and at this great meeting also of ours considered thought over wept over lamented and bidden farewell to these lands handed down to us by our ancestors as a lasting possession from us under the shining sun of this day to Victoria the Queen of England with its timber waters fertile spots and barren places and all appertaining to the said land as a lasting portion of land from us to the Queen of England for ever. And we will not permit any person to molest the Europeans upon the land.

The Reserves.

These are the portions within the said boundaries which have been reserved by

Native reserves.

ourselves:—

First. lst. That portion which has been surveyed at the Pa of Waipukurau two hundred and thirteen 213 acres.

Second. 2nd. Tarewa, two thousand one hundred and thirty five 2135 acres.

Third. 3rd. Haowhenua one hundred and fifty nine 159 acres.

Fourth. 4th.Tukuwaru seventy one 71 acres.

Fifth. 5th. Te Tamumu eight hundred and twenty four 824 acres.

Sixth. 6th. Oera, three hundred and eight 308 acres.

Seventh. 7th. Tapu-o-Hinemahanga two hundred and twenty 220 acres.

Eighth. 8th. Porerere, four hundred and forty eight three-quarters 448¾ acres.

The boundaries of these portions have been perambulated by Mr. Pelichet, Hori Niania, Paora, and Te Ropiha and the line as marked down by them on the sketch hereunto appended is the boundary. We also agree that the Queen's lines of road may pass through the said Reserves when the Governor sees fit that they shall be laid off.

And in consideration of our faithful assent in the presence of this assembly, to sell

Total price, £4,800.

and finally give up our land the Queen of England agrees to pay us the sum of Four thousand eight hundred pounds £4800 once told.
One thousand eight hundred pounds £1800 once told has this day been paid into

Receipt for £1,800.

our hands by Donald McLean Esquire.

2nd. Second. One thousand pounds £1000 will be paid, to us in the day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two 1852.

3rd. Third. One thousand pounds once told will be paid to us in the days of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three 1853.

4th. Fourth. The final instalment for this land one thousand pounds once told £1000 will be paid to us in the days of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four 1854.

And in testimony of our true consent to all the conditions contained in this deed we hereunto affix our names and marks.

And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England to all the conditions of this deed the name of Donald McLean Esquire Land Purchase Commissioner is here-unto subscribed.

(Signed) Ko Te Hapuku x his mark.
" Ko Karenema Te Nahu.
" Ko Puhara,
and 373 other signatures.
(Signed)
Donald McLean,
Land Commissioner.

Witnesses to these signatures and to these payments—

(Sd.) J. Thomas, J.P.
Wiremu Tako, Wellington, Chief.
C. L. Pelichet, Surveyor.
F. S. Abbott, Settler.
F. J. Tiffen, Settler.
E. Collins, Settler.
Robert Park, Government Surveyor.
Jas. Williamson, Clerk.

True Translation.

(Sd.) Wm. B. Baker,
for the Chief Commissioner.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 19th, 1876.