Moanataiari No. 2a Block, Hauraki District.
1871 2 OctoberHauraki District.This Deed made the Second day of October in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one Between Aihe Pepene and Hirawa
te Moananui of the MoanataiariNo. IIa. District of Hauraki in Queen's County in the Province of Auckland in the
Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter termed the said Natives of
the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part Whereas a
Certificate of Title was issued from the Native Lands Court on the Sixth day of
July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one whereby it is certified that the
said Natives are the owners according to Native Custom of the exclusive right of
Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or
otherwise the surface of the soil of All that portion of the Foreshore or parcel
of Land between high-water mark and low-water mark called or known by the name
of Moanataiari Number Two A hereinafter more particularly described And whereas
the said Natives have agreed to Sell to Her said Majesty all their Estate and
Interest in the said Foreshore or parcel of Land for the price of Thirty eight
pounds Now this Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Thirty Eight
pounds paid by Her said Majesty to the said Natives (the receipt Receipt for £38. whereof is hereby acknowledged) the said Natives Do and each of them
Doth hereby Convey and Assure Grant and Surrender unto Her said Majesty Her
Heirs and Successors All that the said right of Fishing upon and using for the
purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil
of all that the said portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between
high-water mark and low-water mark at Grahamstown in the District of Haurakit in
the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of Moanataiari
Number Two A containing by admeasurement Six Boundaries. [6a. 1r. 36p.] acres One rood and Thirty Six perches be the same more or less Bounded
towards the North East by Highwater line towards the South East by the
Moanataiari Number Three Block Three thousand Three hundred and Eighty-six links
towards the South West by Low water line One hundred and Eighty five links and
towards the North West by the Kauaeranga Number Twenty eight A Block Three
thousand Four hundred and Thirty links as the same is delineated on the Plan
drawn hereon With all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging
And All the estate rights title interest and demand whatsoever of the said
Natives in and to the said Foreshore or parcel of Land and Premises and every
part thereof To Have and to Hold unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors
for ever In Witness Whereof the said Parties have hereunto subscribed their
names the day and year first hereinbefore written.
Aihe Pepene.
Hirawa Te Moananui.
Signed by the said Aihe Pepene and Hirawa
te Moananui—
W. H.
Taipari, The Thames.
Edwd. Hy. Power, Native Interpreter.