Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two
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Translation.
Greytown,
27 December, 1873.
Matiaha Mokai's consent. I Matiaha Mokai do hereby ratify and confirm the gift of Wiremu Kingi
Tutepakihirangi and Te Manihera Rangitakaiwaho of the Moroa block as shown and
described in the plan drawn on the back hereof and colored red and do admit
that such block of land was given to the Crown by our representative Chiefs as
aforesaid for ever and with the concurrence of our tribe and of those who then
owned that block.
Matiaha Mokai.
Signed by the said Matiaha Mokai in the presence of—
Charles Heaphy, Comr. Nat. Reserves. Greytown,27 Decr., 1873. E. S. Maunsell, Licensed Interpreter, Wairarapa.