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

[Deeds—No. 199.]

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Deeds—No. 199.

Waiariki Block No. 1, Wellington District.

1844. 29 March.Wellington District. Kua homai ki a matou i te rua tekau ma iwa o nga ra o Maehe, i te tau kotahi mano, e waru ran, e wa tekau ma wa, e nga Kai Whakariterite o te Wakaminenga o NuiWaiariki No. 1. Tireni i Ranana, he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiai (William Wakefield), e te kai mahiMr. Commissioner Spain's arrangement. o taua Wakaminenga, e rua tekau nga Pauna moni he tino utunga, he tino wakaritenga, he wakamahuetanga rawatanga, i to matou papa katoa i o matou wahi katoa, i roto i o matou wenua katoa kua tuhituhia ki roto i te Pukapuka kua wakapiria ki tenei nei, ara, ko nga wahi katoa i Poneke, i nga wahi patata ki Poneke i Nui Tireni, ko nga Pa ia, ko nga Ngakinga, ko nga wahi Tapu, ko nga wahi Rongoa anake e toe ki a matou, a ka wakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku wenua a muri nei me e kiia mai kia tuhia e matou ki nga Kai Whakariterite o taua Wakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i aua wenua, heoti ano nga wahi e waiho mo matou, ko nga wahi anahi kua korerotia ra imua.

SignedTe Kanax tona tohu.
Tamati Paipa x tona tohu.
Te Puhi x tona tohu.

On the part of the remaining Natives at Waiariki—

George Clark, Jun.,
Protector of Aborigines.

Ko nga ingoa enei o nga Kai Titiro i te tuhinga i nga ingoa—

(Signed) Willm. Spain, Commissioner.
George Clark, Jun., Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith, Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Commissioner. [Memorandum.—This deed for Waiariki is the same as that for Te Ikamaru in the Maori language except in date and amount of payment. The only original translation is for Te Ikamaru, to which are attached the original signatures of George Clark, Protector, and Thomas S. Forsaith, Protector and Interpreter to the Commissioner: this is deposited in the Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, dated March 29th, 1844. To the Maori version all signatures are original. The translation for Waiariki, with the above exceptions, is copied literally from that for Te Ikamaru, with the exception of Messrs. Clark and Forsaith's signatures.]

Translation.

1844. 29 March.Wellington District. We have received on the 29th of the days of March in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and forty four from the Directors of the New Zealand Company at London the payment being made by William Wakefield, the Agent of the said Company, TwentyWaiariki No. 1.Mr. Commissioner Spain's arrangement. Pounds in money, a full payment, a full satisfaction, an absolute surrender, of all our Title to all our claims in all our Lands, which are written in the document affixed to this, viz. all the places at Port Nicholson and in the neighbourhood of Port Nicholson in New Zealand, and on the other hand the Pas the cultivations the sacred places and the places reserved will remain alone for us, and we consent ourselves to write our names in a Land conveying document hereafter if asked to write them to the Directors of the said Company of all our claims within the said Lands, the only places left for us are those above mentioned.

(Signed) Te Kana x his mark.
Tamati Paipa x his mark.
Te Puhi x his mark.

On the part of the remaining Natives at Waiariki—

George Clark, Jun.,
Protector of Aborigines.

Names of the witnesses to the signatures—

(Signed) Willm. Spain, Commissioner.
George Clarke, Jun., Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith, Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Commissioner.

True Copies.

W. A. McCleverty, Lt.-Colonel.

The original deed with dates respectively and original signatures are deposited in the Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, and attached to the Commissioner's Report on Port Nicholson,

W. A. McCleverty, Lt.-Colonel.

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Endorsement. Plan of the Native Cultivation Reserve at Waiariki containing 400 acres or thereabout.

W. A. McCleverty, Lt.-Colonel.
(Signed) The Mark x of Te Maru.
(Signed) The Mark x of Hamiora Hori.

Signed by Te Maru and Hamiora Hori on the 17th day of June 1848 in presence of—

(Signed) R. J. Deighton, Native Interpreter.

(Signed) S. M. Scroggs, Asst Surveyor.

True Copies.

W. A. McCleverty, Lt.-Colonel.

A True Transcript of Attested Copy of Original Deed, Memorandum, Translation, and Endorsement.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 31st August, 1877.

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