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

[Deed Receipts—No. 13.]

Deed Receipts—No. 13.

Interests of Te Hapuku and Family in Lands at Ruahine, Hawke's bay.

Akarana, 31 Tihema, 1856.

1856. 31 December. Hawke's Bay.

Kua riro

mai ki au i tenei ra mo nga whenua a toku whanau ki Ruahine nga pauna

Ruahine.( Te Hapuku' s claims)

moni kotahi nei te rau (£100) he timatanga utu mo nga whenua maku ano e whakaoti

Receipt for £100.

tika aua whenua ki a te Kupa.
1. Boundaries. Te wahi tuatahi. Ki Taangarewa rere noa ki Ruahine puta noa ki te rohe Pakeha haere ki Mangatawai. Mo tenei wahi kotahi tekau pauna.
2. Te wahi tuarua. A te Whiri ki Pukerangiora man atu ki Pukehou mau rawa aiu ko te Mauku ko te Iringa ko te Puke ka whati i konei ko te Kohukohu ko te Wakarau ko te Paewae ko Puponga tutaki atu ki Pukerangiora. £10 mo tenei.
3. Te tuatoru o nga whenua kei Pukemanuka kotahi tekau pauna (£10) mo oku wahi e tuku ai ki reira.
4. Te wahi i korerotia e Hoani Waikato ki tona pukapuka. Nga rohe ko Tukituki rere atu ki te Apiti rere atu ki nga huinga o Kawatau o Tukituki rere atu i Kawatau eke noa ki Ruahine ka haere mai i te pito ki waho nei o Tukituki rere atu ki te Papakura o Taangaroa rere atu ki Kaimatangi tomo noa i te putanga o Ngatakiaho rere atu te whare o Pahu rere atu Ngatawhara mau rawa atu te Niho rere atu te kauru o Tukituki rere atu ki Ruahine. E rua nga paraki o taua pukapuka a Hoani Waikato hei apiti atu ki tena kua oti nei nga rohe te whakaahua. £20 mo tenei.

Kua riro mai ano hoki ki au nga pauna moni erima tekau (£50) maku ano enei e whakarite i roto i oku kainga mahi hou ki Heretaunga.

Te Hapuku Ika o te Moana x.

Nga kai titiro ki tenei tuhinga ingoa me te rironga mai o enei moni—

Aihipene.
Rori.
Kaho.
G. S. Cooper, Dist. Commr.

Translation.

Auckland, 31st December, 1856.

1856. 31 December. Ruahine.

Received

by me this day for the lands of my family at Ruahine the sum of One

( Te Hapuku's claims)

Hundred Pounds (£100) being a first instalment for certain lands the final arrangements

Receipt for £100.

for which I will properly negotiate with Mr. Cooper.
1. Boundaries. The first portion. At Taangarewa thence to Ruahine till it reaches the European boundary thence to Mangatawai. For this piece Ten Pounds (£10).
2. The second portion. Te Whiri at Pukerangiora thence to Pukehou thence to te Mauku to te Iringa to te Puke where it turns to te Kohukohu to Whakarau to te Paewae to Puponga thence to Pukerangiora. Ten Pounds (£10) for this.
3. The third portion of land is at Pukemanuka. Tea Pounds (£10) for the lands I give up in this place.
4. The piece spoken of by Hoani Waikato in his letter. The boundaries are Tukituki thence to te Apiti thence to the confluence of Kawatau and Tukituki and in the Kawatau to Ruahine thence by the outer end of Tukituki and on to te Papakura o Taangaroa thence te Kaimatangi thence to the entrance of Ngatakiaho thence to Pahu's house thence to Ngatawhara and on to te Niho thence to the source of the Tukituki and on to Ruahine. Two of the pieces named in the said letter of Hoani Waikato shall be joined to the one the boundaries of which have been recapitulated. Twenty Pounds (£20) for this.

I have also received Fifty Pounds (£50) which I will repay out of new Land Sales in Heretaunga.

te Hapuka Ika o te Moana x.

Witness to this signature and to the payment of these monies—

Aihipene.
Rori.
Kaho.
G. S. Cooper, Dist. Commr.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 19th, 1876.