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

[Deeds—No. 9.]

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Deeds—No. 9.

Te Aute No. 1 Block (Grant of School Land), Province of Hawke’s Bay.

Kiamohio nga tangata katoa ki tenei pukapuka. E tuku ana matou nga tangata Maori 1857. 31 March. o Nui Tireni i runga i te ritenga o te ture o te tau 1856 mo nga whenua o nga Maori— Te Aute No. I. E hoatu ana ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Grant of school land. Ingarangi ki ona uri, ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia taua whenua katoa e mau nei te ahua ki tenei pukapuka.
Ka timata te rohe ki te Roto Akiwa, ka rere ki roto ki te wai o Pakini whakamau Boundaries. [1,745 acres.] atu ko Rotoatara, haere ki te taha o te Roto ka puta ki Ohinemanuwhiri ka haere i runga i te hiwi mau rawa atu ko te Whatupungapunga mau rawa atu ko Waipapa mau rawa atu ko te Horo, mau rawa atu ko Oreka, mau rawa atu ko te Kohai ka whati mai i reira mau rawa mai ko te Raroa, rere tonu mai i roto te awaawa mau rawa mai ko Roto Akiwa, ka mutu.

A ma te Kuini o Ingarangi e tuku taua wahi whenua ki a Hori Akuhata, Pihopa o Nui Tireni, ki nga Pihopa katoa o Nui Tireni o muri iho i a ia, hei whenua mo te kura ako tamariki e whakaturia ana e te Pihopa o Nui Tireni ki te Aute. A ka tiakina ka puritia taua wahi whenua e te Pihopa o Nui Tireni, e nga Pihopa katoa o muri iho i a ia hei kainga mo taua kura, a, ake tonu atu.

Nokonei ka tuhia o matou ingoa me o matou tohu ki tenei pukapuka, i tenei ra i te toru tekau ma tahi o nga ra o Maehe i te tau 1857.

te Hapuku x.
Hupata Wheao x.
Karaitiana Kahuirangi x.
Ani te Patu kaikino x.
Renata te Hapuku Pukututu x.
Wiremu Te Puna x.
te Watene te Haehae x.
Paora Kopakau x.
Tamati Kaikino x.
Morena x.
Paraone Hakihaki x.
Hoani Waikato x.
Hori Huri x.
Ropata te Waiariki x.
Tawara x.
Waione x.
Maika Iwikatea x.
Riwai Karukaru x.
te Paratene te Akonga x.
Namana te Whiri x.
te Kaho x.
Keremeneta Taukere x.
Te Teira Hikawaha x.
Te Haurangi x.
Hineipaketia x.
te Mango x.
Horopapera Haruru x.
te Waka Rewharewha x.
Eraihia Tomowhare x.
Rota Porehua x.
Ani Maururu x.
Aperaniko Turuhia x.
Tonga x.
Panapa Ngarengare x.
Matiu Kawhi x.
Hakaraia te Tunu x.
Kerei Tanguru x.
Pouraka x.
Erena Mekemeke x.
Waipu Tanguru x.
Atareta Tawhara x.
Ropata Tiakitai x.
Wiremu Whiuwhiu x.
Raharuhi Takapari x.
Pirihira Puau x.

Nga kai titiro ki enei tuhinga ingoa—

Samuel Williams, Clerk, Te Aute.
G. S. Cooper, District Commissioner, Ahuriri.

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Translation.

1857. 31 March.Knowall men by thisDeed We ther Maoris of New Zealand under the provisions of Te Aute No. 1. the Act of 1856 respecting Native Land, give to Victoria the Queen of England and to Her descendants the Kangs or Queens who may succeed Her all that, land described in Grant of school land. this document.
Boundaries. [1,745 acres.] The boundary commences at Te Roto-a-Kiwa thence along the Wai-o-Pakini to Rptoatara, thence to the margin of the lake and on to Ohinemanuwhiri thence along the hill to Te Whatupungapunga thence to Waipapa thence to Te Horo thence to Oreke, thence to Te Kbhai there, it-turns and goes on to Te Raroa thence along the valley to Roto-a-Kiwa where it ends.

And it will be for the Queen of England to give that piece of land to George Augustus Bishop of New Zealand and to all the Bishops of New Zealand who may succeed him as land for the school, for the education of children, which is being established by the Bishop of New Zealand at Te Auto And that land will be looked after and held by the Bishop of New Zealand and by all the Bishops who may succeed him as a place for that school for ever.

In token whereof we sign our names and make our marks to this document on this thirty first day of March 1857.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]
Correct Translation.
T. E. Young,
Translator, Native Department.

A True Copy of Original. Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 12th January, 1877.

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