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

[Deeds—No. 103.]

Deeds—No. 103.

Maungatapere Block, Whangarei District.

1855. 31 January.Whangarei District. He pukapuka tuku whenua tenei, i tuhituhia kei Whangarei i te toru tekau ma tahi o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki, ko tahi mano, waru rau, ma Maungatapere. rima tekau ma rima 1855, he pukapuka tuku whenua ia, na matou, na nga rangatira, me nga tangata, nona nga ingoa e mau ana ki tenei pukapuka, ko te whakaaetanga tenei o matou, mo matou ake, mo a matou whanaunga, mo a matou huanga, mo a matou tamariki, a muri i a matou, kia tukua rawatia tetehi wahi o to matou whenua kia te Kuini Wikitoria o Ingarangi, ki nga Kingi, Kuini ranei a muri ake i a ia ake tonu atu, hei utu mo nga Receipt for £1,500. pauna moni kotahi mano, e rima rau £l,500, kua riro mai ki o matou nei ringaringa i a Te Honiana (John Grant Johnson) tetehi kai Wakarite whenua mo te Kawanatanga o Boundaries. Nui Tireni, i tenei rangi kua oti te tuhituhi nei. Ko nga rohe enei o te whenua ka tukua nei, ka timata ki Motu Kiwi, ki te puwaha o te awa Otaika, ka anga ki te hauauru, i roto i te awa Otaika, ki te puaretanga o te awa o Puwhero, ka rere tonu ki roto i te awa, Te Karanga, ka rere tonu, Mangawheki, ka rere Kai Kuihi, ka mahue te awa, ka rere ki runga i te rarauhe, ka tomo te ngahere, ka puta, ka haere i runga i te mania onekura, ki te pou ki runga i te pukekowhatu, ka rere te taha o te ngahere, Te Ahimate, ka rere te ngahere te Kauri i tohutohungia ki te maka o te Kuini, ka rere te rata nui, ka rere Whatakai, ka puta ki te roto ti, ka anga ki te tonga, ka rere i roto i te awa o te Kumete, a taea noatia te ritenga ki Otuhi, ka nawe ka anga ki te Marangai, ka rere Otuhi ka rere Ngapuketurua, ka rere Puke Atua ka rere Whanauroa, ka rere Touhokia, ka rere Te Ngako, ka rere Tauoma, ka puta ki te moana, ki te tino awa o Whangarei, ka rere te Tokitoki, ka rere Onemama, ka rere Motu Kiwi, a tutuki noa ki te awa o Otaika, te wahi i timata ai.

Two places excepted, Motukiwi and Otaika. E rua nga wahi ka kapea ki waho mo matou i roto i enei rohe, ko te tapu ki Motu Kiwi, ko nga mahinga ki Otaika, kua oti enei wahi te maka ki te pou e Te Honiana. Koia matou ka whakarerea, ka tukua rawatia tenei wahi o to matou whenua ki a te Kuini Wikitoria o Ingarangi, Awa, Roto, wai maori, tarutaru, rakau, kowhatu, pari, me nga ahatanga katoatanga, ki runga ki raro o taua whenua, koia matou ka tuhituhi i o matou nei ingoa ki raro nei.

Tirarau x.
Nga Toka x.
Pita Hawaiki x
Maihi Tuhi x.
Taka x.
Natana x.
Pene Te Whata x.
Marara x.
Tore Tore x.
Kawe Wai x.
Tirohia x.
Hamiora Maru x.
Hera Wakakati x.
Ware one one x.
Roma x.
Te Kuhanga x.
Ahiterenga x.
Rimi x.
Toko x.
Rata x.
Aterea x.
Kepa Tau x.
Kena x.
Ponahia x.
Wakataka x.
Te Ahi x.
Maraehara x.
Uriheke x.
Te Ru x.
Tito x.
Te Ngere x.
Wata Rore x.
Toka x.
Pene Te Whata x.
Honea Tautara x.
Matiu x.
Heni x.
Hira Whiri x.
Meihana x.
Rewi x.
Mata x.
Mohi x.
Ruka x.
Manuera x.
Rameka x.
Areka x.
Hoana x.
Hirini x.
Eruera x.
Iritana x.
Turoro x.
Maraea Hu x.
Wereta Pou x.
Paraone x.
Henare Papapa x.
Panapa x.
Te Kaka x.
Porohatu x.
Na te Manihera mo.
Hori Kingi Tahua x.
Hemi Ara i awa x.
Tama x.
Tangata kotahi x.
Wheinga x.
Tamati Waka tara x.
Paikea x.
Puriri x.
Patara x.
Paki x.
Patene x.
Mita x.
Mere Kuki x.
Te Rara whati x.
Te Wana x.
Teira x.
Hihi x.
Kararaina Hei x.
Taupuhi x.
Rihi Taeta x.
Taurau x £25.
Pokai Hone Heke x.
Mate x £10.
Te Whe x.
Hauauru x.
Renata Titore x.
Manihera Ruia.
Kaiapa x.
Ahitereina x. page 141 Roke x.
Hereke x.
Mariana x.
Rotohiko x.
Wiri x.
Heta Hongi x.
Maraea Te Hoea x.
Peata x.
Hohepa x.
Aua x.
Hopa Te Tai x.
Rameka x.
Wikitoria Kaha x.
Te Rau pauna x.
Maremare.
hirini tipene.
Te Tatau x.
Te Koroneho x.
Paora Kai Tangata x.
Te Kare Kare x.
Mere Kahu x.
Mareka x.
Te Wehenga x.
Taka x.
Hunia x.
Henare Ata x.

He mea tuhituhi ki te aroaro o—

John Grant Johnson
(Commr. for Purchase of Native Lands).
Peter Sinclair, Settler, Whangarei.

Translation.

This Deed executed at Whangarei on the thirty first day of January in the Year of Our 1855. 31 January.Whangarei District. Lord One Thousand eight hundred and fifty five, is for the sale of Land by us the undersigned— the Chiefs and freemen whose names are attached. This is our consent, for ourselves, for our relations, for our friends, for our children who may survive us, to finally make over to The Queen Victoria of England and heirs for ever, a portion of our land in Maungatapere. consideration of the sum of One Thousand five hundred pounds which we have this day Receipt for £1,500. received at the hands of John Grant Johnson Esquire a Commissioner for the purchase of Land on behalf of the Governor of New Zealand The following are the boundaries Boundaries. of the said Land, commencing at Motu Kiwi at the mouth of the Otaika river, thence in a westerly direction up the course of the Otaika river, to the cofluence of the Puwhero creek, thence to the Karanga, thence to Mangawheki; thence to Kai Kuihi where the boundary ceases to be the river, thence across the fern land, and through the wood to the plain of scoria land to a pole on the summit of a heap of scoria rocks thence along the edge of the forest to Te Ahimate thence to the forest to a large Kauri tree marked with a broad arrow—thence to a large Rata Tree thence to Whatakai thence to the Roto Ti thence in a southerly direction up the course of the stream Kumete to a line with Kotuhi thence in an easterly direction to Kotuhi, thence to Ngapuketurua, thence to Pukeatua thence to Whauauroa thence to Touhokia, thence to Te Ngako, thence to Tauoma, where it reaches the sea on the main river of Whangarei, thence to the Tokitoki, thence to Onemama thence to Motukiwi the point of commencement aforesaid. Two places are excepted from the sale within these boundaries being the Two places excepted, Motukiwi and Otaika. sacred spot at Motu Kiwi, and the cultivations on the bank of the Otaika river, which has been marked with poles by Mr. Johnson. Therefore we have taken leave of, and entirely given up this portion of our Land to the Queen Victoria of England, with all its rivers, lakes, waters, grass, trees, rocks, cliffs, and everything above and below the said land, and in witness whereof we have signed our names below.

Tirarau x.
Nga Toka x.
Pita Hawaiki x.
Maihi Tuhi x.
Taka x.
Natana x.
Pene Te Whata x.
Marara x.
Tore Tore x.
Kawe Wai x.
Tirohia x.
Hamiora Maru x.
Hera Wakakati x.
Ware one one x.
Roma x.
Te Kuhanga x.
Ahiterenga x.
Rima x.
Toko x.
Rata x.
Aterea x.
Kepa Tau x.
Kena x.
Ponahia x.
Wakataka x.
Te Ahi x.
Maraehara x.
Uriheke x.
Te Ru x.
Rameka x.
Areka x.
Hoana x.
Hirini x.
Eruera x.
Iritana x.
Turoro x.
Maraea Hu x.
Wereta Pou x.
Paraone x.
Henare Papapa x.
Panapa x.
Te Kaka x.
Porohatu x.
Na teManihera mo.
Hori Kingi Tahua x.
Hemi Ara i awa x.
Tama x.
Tangata kotahi x.
Wheinga x.
Tamati Waka tara x.
Paikea x.
Puriri x.
Patara x.
Paki x.
Patene x.
Mita x.
Mere Kuki x.
Te Rara whati x.
page 142 Tito x.
Te Ngere x.
Wata Rore x.
Toka x.
Pene Te Whata x.
Honea Tautara x.
Matiu x.
Heni x.
Hira Whiri x.
Meihana x.
Rewi x.
Mata x.
Mohi x.
Ruka x.
Manuera x.
Roke x.
Hereke x.
Mariana x.
Rotohiko x.
Wiri x.
Heta Hongi x,
Maraea Te Hoea x.
Peata x.
Hohepa x.
Ana x.
Hopa Te Tai x.
Rameka x.
Wikitoria Kaha x.
Te Wana x.
Teira x.
Hihi x.
Kararaina Hei x.
Taupuhi x.
Rihi Taeta x.
Taurau x £25.
Pokai Hone Heke x.
Mate x £10.
Te Whe x.
Hauauru x.
Renata Titore x.
Manihera Ruia.
Kaiapa x.
Ahitereina x.
Te Rau pauna x.
Maremare x.
hirini tipene.
Te Tatau x.
Te Koroneho x.
Paora Kai Tangata x.
Te Kare Kare x.
Mere Kahu x.
Mareka x.
Te Wehenga x.
Taka x.
Hunia x.
Henare Ata x.

Signed in the presence of—

(Sd.) John Grant Johnson,
Commr. for Purchase of N. Lands.
(Sd.) Peter Sinclair, Settler, Whangarei.

Translation.

John Grant Johnson,
Interpreter.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 24th, 1874.

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

[Deeds—No. 103.]

Maungatapere Block, Whangarei District.

Translation.