Kereitaone,
27 Tihema, 1873.
Consent of Matiaha Mokai.
Ko ahau ko Matiaha Mokai ka whakapumau ka whakatuturu atu nei i te Tuku hoatu noatu a Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi raua ko te Manihera Rangitakaiwaho o Te Poraka whenua o Moroa kua tohungia kua whakaahuatia ake nei i runga i te parani e piri ake itua nei kua taia ki te kara whero. A e whakae ana ahau i hoatu taua whenua ki a Te Kuini o Ingarani e a matou rangatira o matou ahua kua hoatu ki a ia ake nei ake ake tonu atu, a i runga hoki i te whakaaetanga o to matou iwi i a ratou nei taua whenua imua.Matiaha Mokai.
I tuhia e Matiaha Mokai i te aroaro o—
Charles Heaphy, Komihana
o nga Rahui Maori. Kereitaone,27 Tihema, 1873. Te Manihera, Kaiwhakamaori,
Wairarapa.
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
Greytown,
27 December, 1873.
Matiaha Mokai's consent.
I Matiaha Mokai do hereby ratify and confirm the gift of Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi and Te Manihera Rangitakaiwaho of the Moroa block as shown and described in the plan drawn on the back hereof and colored red and do admit that such block of land was given to the Crown by our representative Chiefs as aforesaid for ever and with the concurrence of our tribe and of those who then owned that block.Matiaha Mokai.
Signed by the said Matiaha Mokai in the presence of—
Charles Heaphy, Comr. Nat. Reserves. Greytown,27 Decr., 1873. E. S. Maunsell, Licensed Interpreter, Wairarapa.