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

[Deeds—No. 181.]

Deeds—No. 181.

Motukaitutae Block, Upokongaruru, Wairarapa District.

1864. 23 August.Wairarapa District. Tenei pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei rua tekau ma toru o nga ra o Akuhata i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1864 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatikahungunu no ratou nga ingoa eMotukaitutae. mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei Pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai he whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni kotahi te rau takitahi £100 kua utua mai ki a matou e teBoundaries. Kupa—G. S. Cooper—mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Upokongaruru ko Motukaitutae te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Kupa—G. S. Cooper—Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ki te ngutuawa o Ngauwaewae te timatanga, ka rere i roto i Upokongaruru puta noa ki te Pukainga, ka whati ikona mau noa atu ko Manupopokirua, mau rawa atu ko Motu o te Ruinga ka mau ki te Wharetotara, ka rere i te wai mau noa atu ko Whakatamahine, ko whati ikona ka rere ki te kauru o Ngauwaewae ka rere i roto i te wai mau rawa mai ko Upokongaruru.

G. S. Cooper.
Te Rei te Kahuiwhatu x.
Moihi Torohanga x.
Hori te Hunga.
Piripi P. Apatu.
Riwai Tamati.
Terina Matiaha.
Pene Tipua x.
Arona Pautake x.
Hemi Matiaha.
Mikahere x.
Matiu Marangai x.
Anaru Harawira x.
Rawini te Piki x.
Tamati Hapimana x.
Te Waka Tamakiuruhau x.

Ko nga tangata i kite i te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

George F. Swainson, J.P.
Herbert Wardell, R.M.
Patoromu Te Apatu x.

Receipt for £100. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te rua tekau ma whitu o nga ra o Akuhata i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau o ono tekau ma wha (1864) nga pauna moni Kotahi te rau takitahi (£100 . 0 . 0) ko te utu katoa tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e te Kupa—G. S. Cooper— mo te Kuini.

Na Riwai Tamati.

Nga Kai-titiro—

John Wallace, Gentleman, Boulcott Street, Wellington
John Knowles, Clerk to Supt., Wellington.

page 381

Translation.

This Deed written on this twenty third day of August in the Year of our Lord 18641864. 23 August.Wairarapa District. is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the tribe Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto subscribed and Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of. this day parted with and for ever transferred untoMotukaitutae. Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of One hundred pounds (£100 . 0 . 0) to us paid by G. S. Cooper on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our land situated at Upokongaruru and named Motukaitutae the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said land or beneath the surface of the said land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon to Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of G. S., Cooper, acting for the Resident Native Land Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land, beginning at the mouth of Ngauwaewae stream, running inBoundaries. the Upokongaruru tote Pukainga, turning there and running on to Manupopokirua thence to Motu ote Ruinga, thence to te Wharetotara stream, and down that stream to the Whakatamahine, turning there and running to the source of the Ngauwaewae, and down the stream to Upokongaruru.

G. S. Cooper.
Te Rei te Kahuiwhatu x.
Moihi Torohanga x.
Hori te Hunga.
Piripi P. Apatu.
Riwai Tamati.
Terina Matiaha.
Pene Tipua x.
Arona Pautake x
Hemi Matiaha.
Mikahere x.
Matiu Marangai x.
Anaru Harawira x.
Rawinia te Piki x.
Tamati Hapimana x.
Te Waka Tamakiuruhau x.

Witnesses to the signatures—

George F. Swainson, J.P.
Herbert Wardell, R.M.
Patoromu Te Apatu x.

Received this Twenty seventh day of August in the Year of Our Lord OneReceipt for £100. thousand eight hundred and sixty four (1864) the sum of one hundred pounds sterling (£100 . 0 . 0) being the full consideration money expressed in the above written Deed to be paid by G. S. Cooper on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

Na Riwai Tamati.

Witnesses—

John Wallace, Gentleman, Boulcott Street, Wellington.
John Knowles, Clerk to Superintendent, Wellington.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, January 13th, 1876.