Deeds—No. 195.
Moroa Block, Greytown (Confirmation of Gift), Wairarapa District.
Matire Piripi.
Hori Taha.
Eraiti te Here x tona tohu
Kai titiro—
E. S. Maunsell (Te Manihera).
Robt. Morton.
Te Waka Tahuahi
x tona tohu.
Kai-titiro—
E. S. Maunsell (Te Manihera).
Robt. Morton.
Riria Waka x
tona tohu (Na te Waka i tohu).
Matiaha Mokai.
Makere Waito.
I tuhia e Matire Piripi e Hori Taha e Eraiti te Here e Te Waka Tahuahi e Matiaha Mokai, e Makere Waito i te aroaro o—
E. S. Maunsell, Te Manihera, Kaiwhakamaori, Wairarapa.
H.
Hirschberg, Settler, Greytown.
Robt. W. Morton, Commission Agent,
Greytown.
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
Matire Piripi.
Hori Taha.
Eraiti Te Here x her tohu.
Witness—
E. S. Maunsell.
Robt. Morton.
Te Waka Tahuahi x his mark.
Witness—
E. S. Maunsell.
Robt. W. Morton.
Riria Waka x her mark (signed by Waka by Riria's authority).
Matiaha Mokai.
Makere Waito.
Signed by the said Matire Piripi Hori Taha Eraiti te Here Te Waka
Tahuahi, Matiaha Mokai and Makere Waito in the presence of—
E. S.
Maunsell, Interpreter, Wairarapa.
H. Hirschberg, Settler, Greytown.
Robt. Morton, Commission Agent, Greytown.
Deed of Gift of Moroa Block, near Greytown.
Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi.
H. Manihera Rangitakaiwaho.
I tuhia e Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi me H. Manihera Rangitakaiwaho i te aroaro o—
E. S. Maunsell, Wairarapa, and
Wm. Hammerich, Greytown.
Kia mohio nga tangata katoa ki enei ki ko ahau tenei ko Matire Wi Paki (Piripi) o te takiwa o Wairarapa ka whakatumautia iho nei e ahau ka whakatuturutia e ahau e tuku rawa atu i runga i te utu kore a Te Manihera Rangitakaiwaho raua ko Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi i te tau i tata atu ranei ki te tau kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma toru (1853) ki a Tanara Makarini Komihana mo te Kuini o Ingarani me nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake ake tonu atu. O taua whenua katoa o Moroa kei waenganui i te rohe o te hoko a Rawiri whakatetonga whakaterawhiti ki a te Kuini me te rohe whakatemauru whakararo ko te Poroko o Tauherenikau rere mai i Motuhinahina tae noa Te Hararu Whakiki e tata ana ki Kereitaone. E mau ake nei te parani (ahua) kua taia ki te kara whero me nga mea katoa o runga.
Matire Piripi. Tihema 13th, 1873.
Kereitaone, 16 Decr.,
1873.
I tuhia e Matire Piripi i te aroaro o—
E. S. Maunsell, Te Manihera, Wairarapa.
John Tully, Settler,
Wairarapa.
Translation.
Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi.
H.
Manihera Rangitakaiwaho.
Signed by the said Manihera Rangitakaiwaho and Wiremu Kingi in the
presence of—
E. S. Maunsell, Licensed Interpreter, Wairarapa.
Wm.
Hammerich, Greytown.
Witness to signatures of Ngairo, Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi, H. Manihera Rangitakaiwaho, Ngatuere Pahoro Toiri, Kaari te Maru, Hohepa Taumunui, Hoani te Toro, Wiremu Tamihana Hiko, Hemi Hohepa, the second and third names being to the above writing and the others being to the endorsements, The words "and there colored red" being first interlined over the eighth line page 406 from the top of the page, and the word "original" being first interlined over third line from the top, the words "to all of" interlined over 17th line from the top, and an erasure made with pen in 22nd line from top—
Charles Heaphy, Commissioner of Native Reserves.
Greytown, 13th Dec., 1873.Let all men know by these presents that I Matire Wi Paki (Piripi) of the District of Wairarapa do hereby confirm and ratify the cession by gift of Te Manihera Rangitakaiwaho and Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi in or about the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three to Donald McLean, Commissioner, for Her Majesty the Queen of England and her successors for ever, of the whole of the Moroa block situate between the boundary of Rawiri's sale towards the South and East to the Queen, and the boundary towards the North and West being the Tauherenikau block from Motuhinahina the present position of the Tauherenikau bridge to Haruruwhakiki near Greytown as described on the plan drawn hereon and colored red with all there is appertaining thereto.
Matire Piripi. Greytown,16th Dec., 1873.
Signed by the said
Matire Piripi in the presence of—
E. S. Maunsell, Licensed
Interpreter, Wairarapa.
John Tully, Settler, Wairarapa.
Additioital Confirmation.
Ngairo x tona tohu.
Pahoro Toiri.
Te Waka Tahuahi x tona
tohu.
Kaari te Marau.
Ngatuere.
Te Watere Hori x tana
tohu.
Hiko Tamaihikoia x tana tohu.
Ihaka te Ao x tana tohu.
Hohaia te Rangi x tana tohu.
Hohepa Taumunui.
Hoani te Toru.
Wiremu Tamihana Hiko.
Hemi Hohepa.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
I tuhia e Ngatuere i te aroaro o—
E. S. Maunsell (Te Manihera), Licensed Interpreter, Wairarapa.
W. V. Ridley, Greytown.
I tuhia e te Pahoro Toiri, Kaari te Marau, Hohepa Taumunui, Hoani te Toru, Wiremu Tamihana Hiko, me Hemi Hohepa, me Ngairo, 1, Te Waitere Hori, Hiko Tamaihikoia, Ihaka te Ao, Hohaia te Rangi i te aroaro o—
E. S. Maunsell, Wairarapa; and
Wm. Hammerich,
Greytown.
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
Ngairo x tona tohu.
Pahoro Toiri.
Te Waka Tahuahi x his
mark.
Kaari te Marau.
Ngatuere.
Te Waitere Hori x his
mark.
Hiko Tamaihikoia x his mark.
Ihaka te Ao x his mark.
Hohaia te Rangi x his mark.
Hohepa Taumunui.
Hoani te Toru.
Wiremu Tamihana Hiko.
Hemi Hohepa.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Witness, C. Heaphy.
Signed by Ngatuere in the presence of—
E. S. Maunsell, Licensed Interpreter, Wairarapa.
W. V. Ridley,
Settler, Grey town.
C. Heaphy, Comr. Nat. Reserves, Greytown.
Signed by Pahoro Toiri, Kaari te Marau, Hohepa Taumunui, Hoani te
Toru, Wiremu Tamihana Hiko, Hemi Hohepa, and by Ngairo, Te Waka Tahuahi, Te
Waitere Hori, 1, Ihaka te Ao, Hohaia te Rangi by making their marks in the
presence of—
E. S. Maunsell, Licensed Interpreter, Wairarapa.
Wm. Hammerich, Greytown.
Charles Heaphy, Commissioner of
Nat. Reserves.
Matiaha Mokai.
I tuhia e Matiaha Mokai i te aroaro o—
Charles Heaphy, Komihana
o nga Rahui Maori. Kereitaone,27 Tihema, 1873. Te Manihera, Kaiwhakamaori,
Wairarapa.
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
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.
C. Heaphy,
Trust Commissioner.
Dated this 31st day of December, 1873, at Wellington. Note.—The above certificate refers to the principal instrument signed by Manihera and Wi Kingi, and dated 13th Dec., 1873, and to the endorsement signed by Ngairo and others of 13th Dec., 1873; also to that signed by Matire Piripi, dated 16th Dec., 1873; and also to that signed by Matiaha Mokai, and dated 27th Dec., 1873.
Chas. Heaphy. 31st Dec., 1873.
A True Copy of Original Deed of Gift, with Enclosures and Commissioner's Certificate.
December 29th, 1875. Wellington,