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

[Deeds—No. 110.]

Deeds—No. 110.

Kuratawhiti No. 1 Block, Wairarapa District.

Tenei Pukapuka1853. 14 December.Wairarapa District. tuku whenua e tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i te tekau ma wha (14) o nga ra o Tihema i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma toru (1853). He pukapuka tino whakaae pono na matou mo matou mo o matou whanaunga kia tino tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou kainga ki a Wikitoria teKuratawhiti No. 1. Kuini o Ingarini ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.

Nga rohe o te whenua ka timata ki Tukukainga mau noa atu ki Kirihorea rero noaBoundaries. ki Tokotu mau noa ki Waipapa ka ahu wakamauru mau noa atu ko te Haruruahakeke ka rere i runga i te rohe tuatahi ka ahu whakarawiti mau noa ki Waiohine ka ahu ki raro mau noa ki Tukukainga ka tutuki nga rohe ikonei ki to te Waaka tukunga whenua.

Heoi kua oti rawa atu i a matou te wahi te tuku ake tonu atu me ona eha noa iho o tenei whenua.

Ko nga utu kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra mo taua whenua kotahi nei to rauReceipt for £100, first instalment.[Te Manihera.] takitahi (£100) hei muringa atu kia kitea te nuinga o taua whenua ka whakaaro ai nga utu mo muringa iho.

Manihera te Rangitakaiwaho.
Eruera te Roto.
Rihari Tohex his mark.

Nga kai titiro ki enei homaitanga utu me enei tuhinga ingoa—

W. M. Smith, J.P., Government Surveyor.
John P. Russell,

Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.

Angus McMaster.

Archd. Gillies,

Settler, Otaraia, Wairarapa.

Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi.

Translation.

This Deed written this 14th day of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand1853. 14 December.Kuratawhiti No. 1. eight hundred and fifty three (1853) is a paper of our full consent on behalf of ourselves and our relations entirely to give up a certain portion of our land to Victoria the Queen of England to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever and ever.

The boundaries of the land commence at Tukukainga thence to Kirihorea thence toBoundaries. Tokotu thence to Waipapa thence in a westerly direction to Haruruakeke thence along the first boundary in an easterly direction to Waiohine thence northward to Tukukainga where the boundaries meet at the land sold by Te Waka.

Now we have for ever given up this land with all thereunto appertaining.

The payment which we have received on this day for the land is One hundredReceipt for £100, first instalment.[Te Manihera.] Pounds (£100) hereafter when the extent of the land has been ascertained the remaining amount of purchase money will be decided upon.

Manihera te Rangitakaiwaho.
Eruera te Roto.
Rihari Tohe x his mark.

Witnesses to these payments and signatures—

W. M. Smith, J.P., Government Surveyor.
John P. Russell,

Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.

Angus McMaster.

Archd. Gillies,

Settler, Otaraia, Wairarapa.

Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 4th, 1876.

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

[Deeds—No. 110.]

Kuratawhiti No. 1 Block, Wairarapa District.

Translation.