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

[Deeds—No. 134.]

Deeds—No. 134.

Mataikona Block, Castle-point, Wairarapa District.

1855. 9 January.Wairarapa District.Tenei Pukapuka tuku whenua e tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i te iwa (9) o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma rima 1855. HeMataikona. pukapuka tino wakaae pono na matou na nga rangatira me nga tangata o NgatikahungunuJ Sutherland's homestead. e mau nei nga ingoa ki tenei pukapuka mo matou mo a matou whanaunga me o matou uri katoa e whanau i muri iho i a matou kia tino tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou kainga ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho iReceipt for £40. a ia a ake tonu atu. A mo to matou whakaaetanga kia hokona kia tino tukua rawatia tenei whenua e whakaae ana hoki te Kuini o Ingarani mona kia utua matou ki nga Pauna moni e wha tekau takitahi (£40) ko aua moni kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra na te Makarini i homai.

Boundaries. [50 acres.] Ka timata te rohe ki te Tapiri, kei raro iho o Kakawekanui Pa, ka haere i te raorao i raro iho o nga hiwi puta noa ki Otane, ka whai tonu i te wai o Otane puta noa ki te Awa ki Mataikona tutaki noa ki te Tapiri ka mutu.

Heoi, kua oti i a matou tenei wahi te tuku atu ki a te Kuini o Ingarani i tenei ra e whiti nei me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me nga aha noa iho o taua whenua, hei whenua pumau touu iho a ake tonu atu.

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A mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka, ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu i Rangiwhakaoma i te ra kua oti te tuhituhi i runga.

A mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mona ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka ka tuhia iho te ingoa o te Makarini e Kaiwhakarite Whenua o te Kawanatanga o Nui Tireni.

Donald McLean, Comr.
Wiremu te Potangoroax.
Karaitiana.
Wiremu Kingi te Matahix.
Wi Paraone Mauinix.
Renata te Ao.
Te Retiu Tahataharoax.

Nga kai titiro ki tenei homaitanga moni me enei tuhinga ingoa—

G. S. Cooper, J.P., District Commissioner.
J. D. Ormond, Settler, Wairarapa.

Translation.

This Deed of sale of land written on this ninth (9th) day of January in the year of1855. 9 January.Wairarapa District. Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five 1855 is a document of the full and true consent of us the Chiefs and people of Ngatikahungunu whose names are attached hereunto on our own behalf and on that of our relatives and on that of our descendants who may be born after us to entirely cede a portion of our place to Victoria the QueenMataikona. of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever. And in considerationJ. Sutherland's homestead. of our consent to sell and entirely cede this land Victoria the Queen of England on Her part agrees to pay us the sum of Forty pounds in money (£40) whichReceipt for £40. moneys we have on this day received from Mr. McLean.

The boundary commences at Te Tapiri below Kawekanui pa thence along the plainBoundaries. under the hills to Otane thence along the Otane stream to the Mataikona river till it meets te Tapiri where it ends.

We have given up this place to the Queen of England under the shining sun of this day with its trees its minerals and everything belonging to that land as a permanent possession for ever.

And in token of our consent to all the provisions of this document we sign our names and make our marks at Rangiwhakaoma on the day above written.

And in token of the consent of the Queen of England on Her part to all the provisions of this document the name of Mr. McLean Land Purchase Commissioner of the Government of New Zealand is signed hereto.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]

Correct Translation.

T. E. Young,
Translator, Native Department.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 12th January, 1877.

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

[Deeds—No. 134.]

Translation.