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Whangamata No. 5 Block, Hauraki District.
Te Teretere
Harata Noki Wiremu Karaka Te Tahura Taumaha Ruihana Hori Ngakapa Whanaunga
Tuterei Karewa Eru Mokongohi Eru Teretiu Te Aorere Wiremu Patene Patene Raukura
Wiremu Te Aramoana Hera Tiki Ihipera Tiki Hera Puna Mere Karaitiana Wikiriwhi Te
Pokiha Hohepa Mahia Tukaramaene Hemi Te Ahipu Neri Mahia Tauaka Pareatua
Parakaia Pokaia Hare Mahia Matenga Ngaupara Pumipi Pararewa Hohepa Mataitaua
Peneamine Kawhena Riki Mahia Eru Pakiuma Te Koki Tiratini Maraea Titiparu Tupeka
Hawea Hokaia Hera Kaimanu Mere Kaimanu Maraea Kaimanu Te Awa-i-hoea Te Taniwha
Karu kino Te Taniwha Mohi Mangakahia Hoani Nahe Wiremu Netana all of the tribes
of Ngatimatau and Ngatikaraua residing in the District of Hauraki province of
Auckland colony of New Zealand (hereinafter called the said Vendors) of the one
part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part Witnesseth that for and in
consideration of the sum of One thousand three hundred pounds paid by Her said
Majesty Queen Victoria to the said Vendors Receipt for £1,300. before the execution hereof the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
They the said Vendors Do and Each and Every of them Doth hereby convey and
assure Unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria her successors and assigns All that
piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement Five thousand eight hundred
and eighty nine acres [5,889 acres.] more or less situate in the District of Hauraki in the province and
colony aforesaid and called or known as Whangamata Number Five the several
boundaries of which said piece or parcel of land and the several measurements of
the Boundary lines thereof are particularly shewn and set out on the plan of the
piece or parcel of land hereby conveyed drawn hereon Together with all the
rights easements members and appurtenances thereto belonging and all deeds
thereto relating And all other rights which the said Vendors or any of them have
or may have in to or out of the said piece or parcel of land To Hold the same
premises Unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria her successors and assigns for
ever In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names
the day and year first hereinbefore written.Karaitiana Kihau.
Wiremu Hopiona.
Mere Karaitiana x her
mark.
Neri Mahia x his mark.
Wiremu Netana x his mark.
Mere
Kaimanu x her mark.
Riki Mahia x his mark.
Ihipera Tiki.
Hare Mahia x his mark.
Maraea Kaimanu x her mark.
Me reana Kare
Pe.
Hawea Hokaia x his mark.
Wiremu Te Aramoana.
Te Aorere x
her mark.
Hera Tiki x her mark.
Tamaki Pareratua x her mark.
Eru Mokongohi x his mark.
parakaia pokaia.
peneamene kawhena.
Karu kino te taniwha.
Hohepa Mahia.
Hunia te Weu.
Rangi te Aoria x her mark.
tupeka.
Hori te Ngatete.
Te
Ranapia te Ruri x his mark.
Mohi Mangakahia.
Ripeka Rangitokona x
her mark.
Harata Noki x her mark.
Te Tahura x his mark.
Taumaha Ruihana x her mark.
Maraea Titiparu x her mark.
Te Ruihana
Kawhero x his mark
Hone Mahia.
Na te Koki tiratini.
hohepa
mataitau.
hera Kaimanu.
Rawiri Taiporutu.
Timoti Piritaha x
his mark.
Hemi te Ahipu.
Wiremu Karaka x his mark.
Wikiriwhi
te Pokiha x his mark.
Anaru pahapaha.
Eru Pakiuma x his mark.
Hemi Titiparu x his mark.
Rawinia Te Teretere x his mark.
Wiremu Patene x his mark.
Eru Teretiu x his mark.
Pumipi Pararewa
x his mark.
Hoani Nahe.
Patene Raukura.
Tuterei Karewa x his
mark.
matenga ngaupara.
hera puna.
w Te Awa i Hoea Te Taniwha
x.
her mark.
hori nga kapa whanaunga.
Tu Kara ma ene.
Haora Tupaea.
Riria Karepe x her mark.
Arama Karaka x his mark.
Karuria puke tapu. Rangituia.
Signed by the said Te Ruihana Kawhero Hone Mahia Te Koki Tiratini Hohepa
Mataitawa Hera Kaimanu Rawiri Taiporutu Timoti Piritaha Hemi Te Ahipu Wiremu
Karaka Wikiriwhi te Pokiha Anaru Pahapaha Eru Pakiuma Hemi Titiparu Rawinia Te
Teretere Wiremu Patene Eru Teretiu Pumipi Pararewa Hoani Nahe Patene Raukura
Tuterei Karewa Matenga Ngaupara Hera Puna Te Awa-i-Hoe Te Taniwha Hori Ngakapa
Whanaunga Tu Karamaene Haora Tupaea Riria Karepe Arama Karaka Karauria page 498
Puketapu Rangituia Karaitiana
Kihau Wiremu Hopihona and Mere Karaitiana in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland
J. W. R. Guilding, Licensed
Interpreter, Shortland.
Signed by the said Neri Mahia Wiremu Natana Mere Kaimanu Riki Mahia Ihipera Tiki Hare Mahia Maraea Kaimanu Mereana Karepe and Hawea Hokaia in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Robert Callaway, Miner, Coromandel.
Signed by the said Wiremu te Aramoana Te Aorere Hera Tiki Tauaki Pareatua Eru Mokongohi and Parakaia Pokaia in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Alfred Preece, Settler,
Coromandel.
Whaka Tai, Aboriginal Native, Waiau.
Signed by the said Peneamene Kawhena in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Alfred Preece, Settler,
Coromandel.
Signed by the said Karukino Te Taniwha in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Te Whatarangi, Aboriginal Native, Wharekawa.
Signed by the said Hohepa Mahia in thepresence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Grerald O'Halloran, Agent, Shortland.
Signed by the said Hunia te Weu Rangi Te Aoria Tupeka and Hori te Ngatete in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Interpreter,
Auckland.
Phillip Bennett, Store Keeper, Ohinemuri.
Signed by the said Te Ranapia te Ruri in the presence of us—
J. W. R. Guilding, Licensed
Interpreter, Shortland.
James Mackay, Jr., Land Agent,
Shortland.
E Pa Raima Kingi, Aboriginal Native, Ohinemuri.
Signed by the said Maraea Titiparu in the presence of—
W. H. Grace, Licensed Interpreter, Shortland.
Na Kiharoa,
Aboriginal Native, Mangakahia.
Signed by the said Mohi Mangakahia in the presence of us—
William A. Graham, Licensed Interpreter, Auckland.
John McFarlane,
Storekeeper, Wangapoua.
Signed by the said Mohi Mangakahia Ripeka Rangitokona Harata Noki Te Tahura and Taumaha Ruihana in the presence of us—
William A. Graham, Licensed Interpreter, Auckland.
Arthur Footer,
Bushman, Whitianga.