Hikongarara Block (Lawrie Daniel's Paddock), Rangitikei
District.
1872. 1 February.Rangitikei District.Memorandum of an Agreement made the first day of February One
thousand eight hundred and seventy two Between Hana Wi Tana, Ruhia te Rei,
Kerekeha Te Rei,
Hikongarara. all aboriginal natives of New Zealand of the one part and His Excellency
Sir George
L. Daniel's paddock. [40 acres.] Ferguson Bowen Governor of Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand of the
other part Whereas it is alleged by the above named aboriginal natives parties
hereto of the first part that
Isaac Earl
Featherston then acting as Land Purchase Commissioner
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aforesaid Colony of New Zealand promised and agreed to and with one Te Rei an
aboriginal chief of the aforesaid Colony of New Zealand. that Forty acres of
land part of a Block of land now known as Lawrie Daniel's Paddock and situate at
Hikongarara in the Rangitikei-Manawatu Block in the Province of Wellington
should be granted to him and his heirs and the above named aboriginal natives
parties hereto of the first part as the heirs or representatives of the said Te
Rei have applied to the present Government of the aforesaid Colony of New
Zealand to give effect to the promise alleged to have been made by the said
Isaac Earl Featherston as
aforesaid And whereas the said parties hereto of the first part as such heirs or
representatives of the said Te Rei have agreed to accept the sum of Forty pounds
in lieu of. such Forty acres so alleged to have been promised to the said Te Rei
as aforesaid and in full payment satisfaction and discharge of all or any claim
which they the said parties hereto of the first part or any or either of them or
the relatives or kinsmen of them or any or either of them may have in respect or
by reason of such alleged promise Now these presents witness that in
consideration of the sum of Forty pounds paid by the said Government for the
time being of the aforesaid Colony of New Zealand to the said Haua Wi Tana,
Receipt for £40. Ruhia Te Rei, Kerekeha Te Rei (the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged) They the said Hana Wi Tana, Ruhia To Rei, Kerekeha Te Rei do and
each of. them doth for himself and herself his and her respective heirs
representatives relatives and kinsmen hereby remise release and relinquish and
for ever discharge the said
Sir George Ferguson Bowen and his successors in
office for the time being Governors of the aforesaid Colony of New Zealand for
and on behalf of the Government of New Zealand and their successors in office of
and from all claim to the aforesaid forty acres of land and of and from all
claim to compensation for the same and every part thereof and of and from all
manner of claims demands and reckonings which they the said parties hereto of
the first part now have or which each and every of their heirs representatives
relatives and kinsmen respectively may can or ought to have for or by reason of
the said alleged promise or for or by reason of any other cause matter or thing
relative thereto. In Witness whereof the said parties hereto of the first part
have hereunto subscribed their names.
Kerekeha Rei.
Ruhia Te Rei x her mark.
Hana Wi Tana x her mark.
Signed by the said Kerekeha Te Rei, Ruhia Te Rei and Hana Wi Tana the
same having been read over and explained to them in the presence of—
Morgan Carkeek,
Surveyor.
Robert S. Bush, Certificated Interpreter.