Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two
The Boundaries of the Land
The Boundaries of the Land.
Boundaries.
The boundary commences at Paremahu thence inland to Oure thence to Te Ngawa thence to Parairoa thence to Te Mokopeke thence to Moturaurakau thence to Otutai-o-te-wanau-pani thence to Whangai-o-Mauapou thence to Te Tara-o-te-riwa thence to Rangituporo thence to Puangiangi thence to Taumata Ngarengare crossing thence to Ngahape thence to Tureirei thence to Okupa and on to the Pa of Rangitahia thence to the Maharakeke stream and thence in the course of the Maharakeke to the survey line at Waipauamate thence to Mangaonuku thence to Manga-o-tae thence to Tauparekohai thence to Te Mimi-o-Rauru thence to Mangatawata thence to Arawata-Totara thence to Otane thence to Te Haunga thence to Papanui thence to Patangata and in the Tukituki to Hawea thence to Ngakautawa, going on from Ngakautawa it crosses at Mokokakariki and on to Kotukumauroa thence to Wakataretau thence to Te Tuhi thence along the survey line to Manawarakau and on to the sea on reaching which it proceeds along the sea side to Paoanui thence to Porerere thence to Tuingara thence to Waihirere thence to Kohatupapa and on to Paremahu.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.