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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two
Translation
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
Rangiwhakaoma,
5 January, 1855.
1855. 5 January.Received by us this day the sum of Thirty pounds once told
(£30) from Mr. McLeanCastle-Point.(Whareama claims.) as a payment for our portion of the land which we Te Wiremu Potangaroa and
Te OteneReceipt for £30. sold to the Queen the other year that is at Whareama thence to Waimata.
We now entirely give up all our land within those boundaries (with the exception of those places allowed to us as settlements and cultivations) We have entirely given up those pieces under the shining sun of this day as a lasting possession for Victoria Queen of England for ever.
Retimana Te Kouro x.
Aperahama Te Ao x.
Hamuera Te Rangi.
Karaitiana Te Tua x.
Wiremu te Potangaroa x.
Otene Kuku x.
Witness—
Thomas Guthrie, Settler,
Castle Point.
G. S. Cooper, J.P.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, January 26th, 1876.