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

Otoia Block, Ngatiruanui District

Otoia Block, Ngatiruanui District.

1875. 16 March. Ngatiruanui District.

This Deed

made the sixteenth day of March 1875 Between Her Majesty Queen Victoria on the

one

part and

Taurua Tuteri Taonga Tutange Turia Rangiwaea Moke Te Moanaroa,

Otoia.

Rangihaeata Te Kari Akiaki Hinekorako Hinerangi Kaewa Roimata Apakura Pionga Waitohu Hokopaura Raumati Mere Taurua Te Ahu Tumahuki Te Rakete Rangawhenua Kariritae Patea, Tumawhero Te Reiwhanga Renga Mawhirirangi Hinewai Tuhia Wharepuha Ueroa Tutenga Tima Urutau Tangiawa Ahunga Onekura Paremena Moewai Ngapeta Ngarewa

of

Ngatiruanui

aboriginal Natives of the Colony of New Zealand (hereinafter called the Vendors) of the other part witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and thirty two pounds ten shillings (£332 . 10 . 0) by Her

Receipt for £332 10s.

Majesty paid

to

the Vendors on the execution hereof (and the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) the Vendors do and each of them doth hereby surrender convey and assure unto Her said Majesty all that block of parcel of land containing two thousand six hundred and sixty acres or thereabouts known or called

Otoia

as the same is

more

particularly described in the schedule

hereto

and delineated on the plan drawn on this Deed and colored red, together with all rights and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining

, To

hold the said land and premises with the appurtenances unto Her said Majesty her heirs and successors for ever. In Witness whereof the Vendors have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written

.

Taurua.
Tuteri.
Taonga x her mark.
Tutange.
Turiai.
Rangiwaea x his mark.
Moko.
Te Moanaroa.
Rangihaeata.
Te Kari x her mark.
Akiaki x her mark.
Hinekorako x her mark.
Hinerangi x her mark.
Kaewa x her mark.
Roimata x her mark.
Apakura x her mark.
Pionga x her mark.
Waitohu x her mark.
Hokopaura.
Raumati.
Mere Taurua x her mark.
Te Ahu.
Tumahuki.
Te Rakete x his mark.
Rangawhenua x his mark.
Kariritae x her mark.
Patea.
Tumawhero.
Te Reiwhanga x her mark.
Renga x her mark.
Mawhirirangi x her mark.
Hinewai x her mark.
Tuhia.
Wharepuha.
Ueroa.
Tutenga.
Tima x her mark.
Urutau x her mark.
Tangiawa x her mark.
Ahunga x her mark.
Onekura x his mark.
Paramena.
Moewai x her mark.
Ngapeta x her mark.
Ngarewa.

Signed by the said Vendors after the contents had been read over and explained

to

them by Wellington Carrington an Interpreter under The Native Lands Act 1873 (they appearing clearly

to

understand the same) In the presence of

R. Parris
, R.M. & Civil Commr.
C. A. Wray
, J.P.
Hone Pipama
, an assessor.