Translation.
This Deed being a sale of land written on this day the
twenty third (23) day of1853. 23 December.Wairarapa District. December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty
three (1853) being a full and unreserved giving up by us the Chiefs and People
of the Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto attached for us and our
relatives and descendants for ever being a full and final giving up and making
over of a certain portion ofManihera's Reserve. our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings and Queens
who may succeed her for ever and ever.
And in consideration of our consent to all the terms of this Deed Victoria
the Queen of England on her part agrees to give us the sum of One thousand
PoundsReceipt for £1,000. (£1000) which sum we have this day received from Mr. McLean.
The boundaries of this land commence at Owahanga and on towards the
westwardsBoundaries. to the Whakau thence on eastward to the Tarehu thence on to
Puaotamatoi thence on to Motuokaira thence on to Huruparera thence on to
Motuhinahina thence on to Aramahutahuta thence on to te Haka thence on to te
Takapau thence on to the side of Waraungahou thence on southward thence to
Oteruaui thence on to Huruatemanu thence on to Arohata a Tumokonui thence on
to Tukura thence on to Taingaokuhu thence on Ngutuawa o Mangatete thence on to
the entrance of the Ruahine thence descending to Wairarapa thence on Westward
and on to Owahanga here the boundaries join. This Deed also includes all the
land as sold by Waka Tahuahi and by Manihera at Kuratawiti.
One hundred (100) acres of this land are for Rawiri Piharau at Motupiri.Reserve for Rawiri Piharau. [100 acres.]
Now we have for ever given up and wept over and bidden farewell to and
transferred this land which has descended to us from our ancestors with its
streams its rivers its lakes its waters its timber its pastures its minerals
its cliffs its fertile spots its barren places with all above and with all
below the said land and with all appertaining to the said land we have now
entirely given up under the shining sun of this day as a lasting possession to
Victoria the Queen of England or to the Kings and Queens who may succeed her
for ever and ever.
And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions contained in this Deed
we have hereto affixed our names and marks.
And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England to all the conditions
contained in this Deed Donald McLean Land Commissioner of the Governor of New
Zealand has hereto affixed his name.
Donald McLean,
Land Commr.
Manihera te Rangitakaiwaho,
And nine others.
Witnesses to these payments and signatures of names and marks—
Henry St. Hill,
Resident Magistrate, Wellington.
Henry W. Petre,
Postmaster General, New Zealand.
John P. Russell,
Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,February 4th, 1876.