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

[Deed Receipts—No. 37.]

Deed Receipts—No. 37.

Ruahine Block (Hupata' s Claims), Province of Hawke's Bay.

[i roto i te reo Māori]

Ahuriri, 24 Akuhata, 1859.

Kua Riro

mai ki au na te Makarini nga pauna moni e toru tekau takitahi £30 . 0 . 0 hei

1859. 24 August. Hawke's Bay.

utu mo te whenua o Keremenata ma ki Ruahine, ko nga rohe koia enei.

Ruahine.(Hupata' s claims.)

Ka timata te rohe ki uta ki Makaroro ka rere ki Omaunu ka takoto ki roto i nga

Receipt for £30.

rohe ko Mahineatea, ko te Witikoroiro, ko te Mano, ko te Takapau. Ko te ingoa nui o

Boundaries.

te kainga ko te Takapau, mau noa ki Warekaho.

Ko te tino wakaotinga tena a o matou wahi whenua katoa i roto i te whenua i hokona e Ngatikahungunu ara nga wahi e pa ai a Keremenata Taukere, Karepa Matiti, Ani Kanara Hinekohe, a Marakaia, a Hemaima Kura, a Hemiona runga i te rangi.

Hupata Wheao x.

Nga kai-titiro—

Waka Rewharewha.
Wi Potangaroa.
H. Fitzgerald, Provincial Surveyor, Hawke's Bay, Napier.

Akuhata 24, 1859.

Kua riro mai ki au na te Makarini nga pauna moni kotahi tekau £10 . 0 . 0 mo a Receipt for £10. matou whenua ki te Mano, ma te Kupa e wakaoti ki a matou ko Uhuuhu nga toenga.

Na Ponatahuri x.
Na te Hapuku x.

Witness

Greorge Friend.

[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

Translation.

Ahuriri, Augt. 24, 1859.

Received

from Mr. McLean the sum of Thirty pounds £30 in payment for a piece of

1859. 24 August.

land belonging to Keremenata and others at Ruahine, the boundaries of which are as

Ruahine.(Hupata's claims.)

follows.

Receipt for £30.

The inland boundary begins at Makaroro and runs to Omaunu. Lying within these

Boundaries.

boundaries are Mahineatea, te Whitikoroiro, te Mano and te Takapau. The principal name of the land is te Takapau, running on to te Wharekaho.

This is the last of our pieces of land within the lands sold by Ngatikahungunu, that is, of the lands belonging to Keremenata Taukere, Karepa Matiti, Ani Kanara Hinekohe, Marakaia, Hemaima Kura, Hemiona Runga i te rangi.

Hupata Wheao x.

Witnesses—

Waka Rewharewha.
Wi Potangaroa.
H. Fitzgerald, Provincial Surveyor, Hawke's Bay, Napier.

Augt. 24, 1859.

Received from Mr. McLean the sum of ten pounds £10 for our lands at te Mano. Receipt for £10. Mr. Cooper is to settle the balance with us and Uhuuhu.

(Signed) Ponatahuri x.
te Hapuku x.

Witness—

George Friend.

True Translation.

G. S. Cooper, D.C.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 29th, 1876.