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

[Deeds—No. 270.]

Deeds—No. 270.

Hikurangi Block, Manukau District.

1853. 10 November.Manukau District.Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei Pukapuka i te tekau o Nowema i te Tau kotahi mano e waru Rau e rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetanga o matou nga Rangatira o nga Tiwhatua o te Hikurangi. Akitai o Nga Titeata te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te 10 per cent. on sales to be expended on Native purposes. Kuini o Ingarangi mona, na ko matou ko te hunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei Pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei matou nga Rangatira o Nga Tiwhatua me te Akitai me nga Titeata ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Wikitoria hei utu mo nga Pauna kotahi tekau ma tahi rau kua homai nei ki a matou a e whakaae ana ano te Kuini o Ingarangi mona na mo enei mea ka whakatapua tetahir wahi o nga utu o tenei kainga i te hokonga atu e te Kawanatanga ki te Pakeha hei moni mo enei mea he moni utu mo te hanganaga Kura hei whare whakakonga mo o matou Tamariki, hei utu mo te hanganga Ohipera nohoanga mo o matou turoro hei utu mo te hunga mana o matou turoro e tiaki hei utu mo te hanganga Mira mo matou a he moni na te Kuini o Ingarangi he koha aroha mana ki o matou Rangatira Maori a hei moni utu mo nga mea penei o ia mea atu penei me enei oha a te Kuini ki te Tangata Maori o tenei whehua, na ko nga moni e Tapu i roto o enei hokonga a te Kawanatanga ki te Pakeha kia kotahi tekau Pauna i roto o te Rau pauna kotahi o ia rau o ia rau o nga moni katoa o te hokonga atu o tenei kainga, nakonei ka hoatu nei ka tuku atu nei ki a Victoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki te Kingi Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake, ake, ake i tenei whenua me nga aha noa iho Boundaries. o tenei kainga ko ona rohe koia enei To te Hauauru kei te moana nui To te Haurano kei te ahu ara kei te unuhanga o Rangitoto i Hikurangi i te rakau e tu i te Paripari o te Ahu ka rere mai i reira tika tonu mai ki te puke ko Pukematikeo a ka tika i te rohe o te Hauraro o te tukunga ki a te Makiparene ki te awa o Waitemata. To te Marangai kei te awa o Waitemata me te awa o te Whau ka whiti i te toanga waka i te whau ki te waitai o Manuka. To te Tonga kei te awa a Manuka, pau katoa nga wahi i roto o enei rohe i a Kuini horerawarawa he wahi i toe mai ahakoa nohinohi i a matou.

Kua tuhituhia te ahua o tenei whenua ki tua o tenei Pukapuka tirohia o matou ingoa—

Na Ihaka Takaanini.
Na mohi.
Paul Katipa.
Reweti x.
Wiremu rewheti.
Reihana.
Hura.
Hamiora Keene.
Aihepene Kaihau.
Kawau x.
Ceaine.
A pi ata.
parata.
Wiremu Hoete x his mark.
Rawi ri.
horama.

I te aroaro o—

John White, Interpreter.
C. H. McIntosh, Draftsman, Surveyor-General's Office.

Witness to Katipa's signature, Jany. 31, 1854—

John White, Interpreter.

Receipt for £1,100. Kua riro mai ia matou nga moni £1,100 nga moni kua tuhituhia nei ki roto ki tenei Pukapuka koia matbu ka tuhituhi nei i o matou ingoa i tenei ra te tekau o Nowema i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma toru.

Na Ihaka anini.
Na Mohi.
Paul.
Reweti.
Wiremu rewheti.
Reihana.
Hura.
Ceaine hamiora Keene.
pa Rata.
Wiremu Hoete x his mark.
Aihepene Kaihau.
Kawau x.
Katipa.
Ra Wi ri.
horama.

I te aroaro o—

John White, Interpreter.
C. H. McIntosh, Draftsman, Surveyor-General's Office.

Witness to Katipa's signature, Jany. 31, 1854—

John White, Interpreter.

page 327

Translation.

This Deed entered into on the 10th of November 1853 the consenting of us the Chiefs 1853. 10 November.Manukau District. of the Ngatiwhatua and the Akitai tribes and the Ngatiteata also the consenting of the Queen of England on her part now we the persons whose names are signed below the owners of the land described in this deed the Chiefs of the Ngatiwhatua Akitai and the Hikurangi. Ngatiteata do now consent to sell this land to Queen Victoria for the sum of £1100 now given to us it is further agreed to by the Queen of England on her part that there shall be paid for the following purposes that is to say for the founding of schools in which 10 per cent. on sales to be expended on Native purposes. persons of our race may be taught for the construction of Hospitals in which persons of our race may be tended for the payment of medical attendance for us for annuities for our chiefs or for other purposes of a like nature in which the Natives of this country have an interest ten per cent. or ten pounds out of every hundred pounds out of moneys from time to time received for this land when it is resold for this we give up and make over to Victoria Queen of England and her Heirs and Successors for ever this land and all thereunto belonging the boundaries being these on the West by the ocean on the Boundaries. North by the Ahu that at the Unuhanga o Rangitoto at Hikurangi by the tree on the edge of the cliff of the Ahu coming from thence in a direct line to Pukema tikeo and continued on the North boundary of land sold to Henderson and Mac Farlane into the Waitemata river on the East by the Waitemata river and the Whau creek and across the old portage to the salt water of Manukau on the South by the Manukau river all the land within these boundaries are given up to the Queen not the smallest portion whatever being retained by us A sketch of this land is on the back of this Deed.

Witness our names—

(Sd.) Ehaka Takanini.
" Mohi.
" Paul.
" Reweti.
" Wiremu reweti.
" Reihama.
" Hura.
" Hamiora Kene.
" Ahipene Kaihau.
(Sd.) Kawau.
" Ceaine (Kene).
" Apiato.
" Parata.
" Wiremu Hoete x his mark.
" Rawiri.
" Horama.
" Katipa.

Witnesses—

John White, Interpreter.
C. H. McIntosh.

Witness to Katipa's signature,

Jany. 31, 1854—

John White, Interpreter.

We have received the £1100 the sum agreed to in this Deed hence our signingReceipt for £l,100. these our names on this day the 10th of November in the year of our Lord 1853.

[Names as above.]

Katipa paid on

30th January, 1854.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, September 7th, 1874.