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

[Deeds—No. 304.]

page 374

Deeds—No. 304.

Tawhitirahi Block, Coromandel District.

1858. 27 November.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei i te 27 o nga ra o Nowema i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1858 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me ngaTangata o Ngatiwhanaunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a Tawhitirahi. 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 Ingarini 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 E toru rau e wha tekau kua utua mai ki a matou e te Makarini mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Waiau ko Tawitirahi 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 matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoaro tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Donald McLean Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko Boundaries. nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i te Kaikatea roa ka haere i te taha o te awa Kanae a ka haere wakatetonga ki Waitoetoe ka huri ki te marangai ma tonga a te Ana o Mohao ka anga ki te marangai Tawiti Kaitara haere a Tawitirahi a haere tonu Waiokura miri tonu ki te taha o te awa o Tawitirahi a te Reretiti puta atu ki Waiau ka miri tonu ki te Awa o Waiau a te Totara ka hoki waka te hauauru tika tonu ma te ruritanga a Okaraiti ka miri i te taha o te awa o te Hinau a te a te awa o Papangu hoki waka te hauauru tika tonu ma te ruri Kaikahawai puta noa ki Kopura nui ka waiho i te tau o Kopuranui haere tonu Kaikaikatea roa, erangi ko nga rakau kauri 250—i hokona ki nga pakeha mo matou ano ena.

Maihi Mokongohi.
Wiremu Patene x Raukura.

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

Te Whairahi x.
Rawiri x te Rahui.
James Preece.

Receipt for £340. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te 27 o nga ra o Nowema i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma warn.(1858) nga Pauna moni E toru rau e wha tekau (£340). Ko te utu tenei kua whakahuatia kite Pukapuka tuku e mau irunga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e te Makarini mo te Kuini.

Maihi Mokongohi.
Wiremu Patene x Raukura.
James Preece.

Nga Kai-titiro—

Te Whairahi x.
Rawiri x te Rahui.
James Preece.

Translation.

1858. 27 November.Coromandel District.This Deed written on this 27th day of November 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 Nga tiwhanaunga 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 Tawhitirahi. sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queen's who may succeed Her and Her and their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and forty Pounds paid to us by Mr. McLean on behalf of Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of land situated at Waiau and named. Tawhitirahi the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this deed and a plan of which land is annexed thereto with the 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 Donald McLean Commissioner is hereunto Boundaries. subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land commencing at Kaikatearoa thence it runs along the bank of Te Awakanae thence in a southerly direction to Waitoetoe thence towards the South East to Te Ana o mohao thence towards the East to Tawhitikaitara thence to Tawhitirahi thence to Waiokura thence along the bank of the Tawhitirahi to Te Reretiti thence to Waiau thence along the Waiau to Te Totara thence towards the west by Okaraiti's (?) survey thence along the banks of the Hinau to the Papangu stream thence towards the west along the survey to Kaikahawai page 375thence to Kopuranui thence along the ridge of Kopuranui to Kaikaikatearoa but the 250 kauri trees sold to the pakeha we except them.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]

Received this 27th day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eightReceipt for £340. hundred and fifty eight(1858) the sum of Three hundred and forty Pounds (£340) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written deed to be paid by Mr. McLean on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]

Correct Translation—

T. E. Young, Translator, Native Department.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation—

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, October 16th, 1874.