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

[Deeds—No. 416.]

Deeds—No. 416.

Otuahu Block, Pukekohe Reserve, Lower Waikato District.

1858. 24 July.Lower Waikato District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei rua tekau ma wha o nga ra o Hurai i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1858 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu' tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou Otuahu. na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Te Akitai no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni kotahi rau takitahi kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Rokena (John Boundaries. Rogan) mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Pukekohe ko Otuahu te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matau tohu A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Rokena (John Rogan) Kaiwhakarite Whenua ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ki timata i te taha ki te hauraro i Te Tau ka ahu whaka te marangai ki Mahauroa ka whati ka ahu whaka te marangai tuatonga tika tonu ki Pukewhau Otuahu a Kokako ka whati ka ahu whaka te tonga ki Paengahaunui kei konei ka hoki whaka te hauraro 29451 links (bearing by compass 335° 45′) tika tonu ki te Tau ki te wahi i timata ai te rohe.

John Rogan,District Commr.
Ihaka Takaanini.
Na Mohi Ahiatengu.

Ko nga tangata i kite te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

John White, Interpreter, Land Pur. Dept.
William B. Baker, Chief Clerk, Nat. Dept.

Receipt for £100. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te rua tekau ma wha o nga ra o Hurai i te tau o to Tatau Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma waru (1858) nga Pauna moni kotahi rau (£100 . 0 . 0) ko te utu whakaotinga tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e te Rokena (John Rogan) mo te Kuini.

Ihaka Takaanini.
Na Mohi Ahiatengu.

Ko nga tangata i kite te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

John White, Interpreter, Land Pur. Dept.
William B. Baker, Chief Clerk, Nat. Dept.

Translation.

1858. 24 July.Lower Waikato District.This Deed written on this twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord 1858 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of the Tribe of Te Akitai whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining Sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their assigns for ever in consideration of the Otuahu. sum of One hundred Pounds (£100 . 0 . 0) to us paid by John Rogan Esquire on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) All that piece of our land situated at Pukekohe and named Otuahu the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of page 577which land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said land or beneath the surface of the said land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of John Rogan District Commissioner is hereunto subscribed These are the boundaries of the land commencing on the North at Te Tau Boundaries. thence in an Easterly direction to Mahauroa turning thence in a South easterly direction it runs in a straight line to Pukewhau Otuahu and Kokako where it turns in a Southerly direction to Paengahaunui, turning thence and running Northwards 29451 links (bearing by compass 335° 45′) to Te Tau where the boundary commenced.

(Sd.) John Rogan,District Commr.
Ihaka Takanini.
Mohi Ahiatengu.

Witness to the payment and signatures—

John White, Interpreter, Land Pur. Dept.
William B. Baker, Chief Clerk, Nat. Dep.

Received this twenty fourth day of July in the year of Our Lord One thousandReceipt for £100. eight hundred and fifty eight (1858) the sum of One hundred Pounds sterling (£100 . 0 . 0) being the full consideration money expressed in the above written Deed to be paid by John Rogan on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

Ihaka Takanini.
Mohi Ahiatengu.

Witness—

John White, Interpreter, Land Pur. Dept.
William B. Baker, Chief Clerk, Nat. Dep.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 29th, 1875.