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

[Deeds—No. 105.]

Deeds—No. 105.

McMaster's Run (Part of), Wairarapa District.

Tenei pukapuka

tuku whenua e tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i tekau ma rua (12) o nga ra o

1853. 12 December. Wairarapa District.

Tihema i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma toru (1853) He pukapuka tino whakaae pono na matou na nga tangata e mau nei nga ingoa ki tenei

Mcmaster's Run. (Part of).

pukapuka kia tino tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou kainga ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.
A mo to matou tino whakaaetanga kia tukua rawatia tenei wahi o to matou kainga e whakaae ana a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini mona kia utua matou ki nga pauna

Receipt for £100.

moni kotahi nei te rau takitahi (£100) ko aua moni kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra na te Makarini i homai.
Nga rohe o te whenua ka timata ki te tonga ki te whare o te Retimona mau noatu

Boundaries.

ki te Waitapu ka rere i roto i te awa o Waihora mau noatu Motu o mango ka ahu whakaterawiti mau noatu ko te Motu o ruatonoa mau noatu ko te Motu o tuaotea ka eke ki raro mau noa mai ki Potakanui mau noa mai ko te awa o Tuwharehanga mau noatu ko te Rua o te rangi taupuru mau noatu ki te Harekeki a Rakaimawiti mau noatu ki te Awa a hurinuku ka makere ki te wai o Ruamahanga ka rere whaka te tonga i te wai o Ruamahanga puta noa ki Kariahiahi ka rere i waho o te Ngakinga o te Matenga ki Kainoki mau noatu ki Tauwharepurakau ka makere ki Ruamahanga mau noatu ki Oetiku mau noatu ki te whare o Retimona.
Kotahi te rau o nga eka e whakohokia i roto i tenei tukunga mo Miha o te rangi ki

Reserve for Miha. [100 acres.]

te kainga i mate ai a Haimona Pita.

Heoi kua tino oti rawa i a matou te whakaae ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka.

Kua oti hoki i a te Makarini te whakaae te wahi whenua mo matou i roto i tenei

General reserve, 100 acres, of which 20 are for Retimona.

tukunga ara nga eka kotahi nei te rau (100).

E rua tekau o nga eka e ruritia ana i taua whenua mo to Retimona te Ruaki ma te kai ruri ano e whakaatu taua wahi.

Donald McLean, Comr.
Te Hiko x.
Te Matenga Kainoke.
Te Miha o te rangi x.
Retimona te Ruaki.

Witnesses

Purvis Russell, Grazier, Ahuriri.
John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa.
Angus McMaster, Tuhitarats.
Manihera, J.P.

Translation.

This Deed

conveying land written on this day on the twelfth of the days of December

1853. 12 December. Wairarapa District.

in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three (1853) is a paper of the full consent of us the people whose names are attached to this Deed to give up a certain portion of our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or

Mcmaster's run (Part of).

Queens who may succeed her for ever and ever.
And in consideration of our full consent entirely to give up this portion of our land Victoria the Queen of England agrees on her part to pay us the sum of one

Receipt for £100.

hundred pounds (£100) which monies we have this day received from Donald McLean.
The boundaries of the land commence on the South at te Retimona's house thence

Boundaries.

to te Waitapu and thence in the course of the Waihora stream to Motu o mango thence in an easterly direction to te Motu o ruatonoa thence to te Motu o tuaotea thence

downward to Potakanui thence to the Tuwharehanga stream and on to Rua o te rangi taupuru thence to te Harekeki thence to Rakaimawiti thence to te Awa a hurinuku and into the Ruamahanga river thence southwards in the Ruamahanga riyer to Kariahiahi thence outside to Matenga's cultivation at Kainoki to Tawharepurakau and down the Ruamahanga to Oetiku and on to te Retimona's house.

Reserve for miha. [100 acres.]

One hundred 100 acres in this block will be returned to Miha o te rangi being the place where Haimona Pita died.

Now we have fully consented to all the conditions of this deed.

General reserve, 100 acres,

Donald McLean also has agreed to the portion of land for ourselves in this purchase that is the one hundred 100 acres.

of which 20 acres are for Retimona.

Twenty 20 acres will be marked off in this land for te Retimona te Ruaki the Surveyor will point it out to him.

Donald McLean, Comr.
Te Hiko x.
And 3 others.

Witnesses—

Purvis Russell, Grazier, Ahuriri.
John P. Russsell, Settler, Wairarapa.
Angus McMaster, Tuhitarata.
Manihera, J.P.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 4th, 1876.