Deeds—No. 148.
Kaiaho and Kuripuni Blocks (Donald's Homestead), Wairarapa District.
Tenei Pukapuka
tuku whenua e tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i te rua tekau ma ono 26 o nga1858. 26 June. Wairarapa District.
ra o Hune i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma wharu 1858 He pukapuka tino wakaae pono na matou na nga Rangatira me nga tangata oKaiaho and Kuripuni.( Donald's homestead)
Ngatikahungunu e mau nei nga ingoa ki tenei pukapuka mo matou mo a matou whanaunga me o matou uri katoa e whanau i muri iho i a matou kia tino tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou Kainga ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi, Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.A mo to matou wakaaetanga kia tino tukua rawatia tenei wahi o to matou Kainga e wakaae ano hoki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini mona kia utua matou ki nga Pauna moni kotahi rau e rima tekau £150 takitahi ko aua moni kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra na te Herangi i homai.
Receipt for | £150 |
Received cash— | |
10 Dec., 1854 | 150 |
23 Dec., 1854 | 100 |
29 Dec., 1854 | 100 |
£500 |
Boundaries.
Kaiaho mau rawa atu ki te Pou o Henare ka mau ano ki runga i te rohe o te Kuini rere tonu i te rohe o te whenua kua hokona ki a te Kuini tutaki noa ki te Ngongototara.Heoi kua oti i a matou te hurihuri te mihi te poroproake te tino tuku rawa i tenei kainga o a matou tipuna tuku iho ki a matou me ona awa me ona manga me ona roto me ona wai me ona rakau me ona otaota me ona kohatu me ona wahi pari me ona wahi ataahua me ona wahi kino me nga katoa ki runga ranei o te whenua ki raro ranei o te whenua me nga aha noa iho o taua whenua ka oti rawa i a matou te tino tuku rawa atu i tenei ra e witi nei he whenua pumau na matou ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.
A mo te whakaaetanga o matou ki nga tikanga katoa o roto i tenei pukapuka ka tuhia iho e matou o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.
A mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarini mona ki nga tikanga katoa o roto i tenei Pukapuka ka tuhia iho e te Herangi tetahi o nga kai wakarite whenua o te Kawana o Nui Tireni tona ingoa.
William N. Searancke,
Dist. Commr.
Ngatuere.
Raniera Te Ngau
x his mark.
Inia Te Haruru
x his mark.
Ihaia Wakamairu.
Nga kai titiro ki enei homaitanga utu me enei tuhinga ingoa tohu hoki—
G. F. Smith, Government Surveyor.
Wiremu Waka.
Charles
Dixon, Settler, Masterton.
Paul Stone.
Translation.
This deed
of sale of land written on this twenty sixth (26th) day of June in the1858. 26 June. Wairarapa District.
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight (1858) is a document of the true consent of us the Chiefs and people of Ngatikahungunu whose names are attached to this document for ourselves, our relatives and all our descendants who mayKaiaho and Kuripuni. (Donald's homestead)
he horn after us to entirely cede a portion of our place to Victoria the Queen of England and to Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever.Receipt for | £150 |
Received cash— | |
10 Dec., 1854 | 150 |
23 Dec., 1854 | 100 |
29 Dec., 1854 | 100 |
£500 |
We acknowledge the receipt of the sum of £150 for Kuripuni received by us on the 23rd December 1854, the sum of £100 received by us on the 29th December 1854 and the sum of £100 received by us on the 10th December 1854 from Mr. McLean. The £150 which we have this day received is the final payment for these lands of ours Kuripuni, Kaiaho and Donald's homestead.
Boundaries.
bridge Te Aotuhirangi, thence towards the North West to te Rongongapu thence to Kaiaho thence to Te Pou o Henare thence to the Queen's boundary thence along the boundary of the land sold to the Queen till it joins Ngongototara.Well we have considered over we have greeted we have bid good bye and have altogether ceded this place of our ancestors' which they have handed down to us, with its streams its branches its lakes its waters its trees its herbage its stones its hilly places its good places its bad places and everything whether under or over the earth together with everything appertaining to that land—we have finally ceded it under the shining sun of this day as a permanent possession from us for Victoria the Queen of England and the Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever.
And in token of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we hereunto set our names and marks.
And in token of the consent of the Queen of England on Her part to all the conditions of this Deed Mr. Searancke one of the Land Purchase Commissioners of the Governor of New Zealand is signed hereto.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, January 14th, 1876