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

[Deeds—No. 313.]

Deeds—No. 313.

Kopuranui Block, Coromandel District.

1859. 23 September.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka tuhituhia i-tenei te rua tekau ma toru o nga ra o Hepetema i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1859 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngati Whanaunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau Kopuranui. 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 te 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 e wha tekau ma rima £45 kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi kai whakarite whenua mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Waiau ko Kopuranui te ngoa 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 page 385Kuini 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 katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Pirihi Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Boundaries Otanemoeroa miri tonu ma te taha o te awa kanae a—Te Kahikatearoa ka huri ki te marangae ma raki a—Kopuranui whai tonu i taua kaka ma te taha o te pihi i hokona e Maihi a—tae rawa ki te pihi i hokona e Horopeta miri tonu ki taua pihi whaka te hauauru a—Otanemoeroa.

Maria.
Wiremu Maihi.
Rakura Patene.

Ko nga tangata i kite i te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—
Robert Menzies, Shipwright.
Thomas Anderson, Shipwright, Coromandel.

Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te te rua tekau ma toru o nga ra o HepetemaReceipt for £45. i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma iwa (1859) nga Pauna moni e wha tekau ma rima (£45) Ko te utu tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi kai whakarite Whenua mo te Kuini.

Maraia.
Wiremu Maihi.
Rakura Patene.
James Preece,
District Land Purchase Commissioner.

Nga Kai-titiro—

Robert Menzies.
Thomas Anderson.

Translation.

This Deed written on this twenty third (23) day of September in the Year of our Lord 1859. 23 September. Coromandel District. 1859 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Whanaunga whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves 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 Kopuranui. 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 Sum of forty five Pounds (£45) to us paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Waiau and named Kopuranui the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which 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 on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of James Preece District Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Boundaries Land commencing at Otanemoeroa following the banks of the Awa Kanae up the stream to Kahikatearoa then turning in a north easterly direction as far as Kopuranui thence following the ridge of that name and adjoining the block sold by Maihi till it meets the block sold by Horopeta then following the boundary of that block in a westerly direction to Otanemoeroa.

(Signed) Maraia.
(Signed) Wiremu Maihi.
(Signed) Rakura Patene.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

(Signed) Robert Menzies, Shipwright, Coromandel.
Thomas Anderson, Shipwright, Coromandel.

Received this twenty third (23) day of September in the Year of Our Lord OneReceipt for £45. thousand eight hundred and fifty nine (1859) the Sum of forty five Pounds sterling (£45) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

(Signed) Maraia.
(Signed) Wiremu Maihi.
(Signed) Rakura Patene.

Witnesses—

(Signed) Robert Menzies, Shipwright, Coromandel.
Thomas Anderson, Shipwright, Coromandel.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, November 10th, 1874.