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

[Deed Receipts—No. 16.]

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Deed Receipts—No. 16.

Ahuriri Block (Rangihiroa's Claims), Province of Hawke's Bay.

1858. 24 February.Hawke's Bay.Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te 24 o nga ra o Pepuere 1858 nga pauna moni e rima tekau, na te Makarini i homai hei utu mo a matou whenua katoa ki roto i nga roheAhuriri. o te tukunga whenua a Ngatikahungunu ara o Ahuriri. Koia tenei ka whakaotia nei eReceipt for £50. matou i tenei ra e whiti nei ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu. Ekore ano matou e rere noa ki runga i aua whenuaBoundaries. whakararuraru ai a muri ake nei. Ko nga rohe koia enei, ko nga tonu i haere tahi ai a Ngatikahungunu me te Kai ruri me Paka, i te Kaweka haere ki Mangatutu, Mobaka, Mangaowhata, Titiokura, Karakiarangi, Rongomaipapa, puta noa ki te Waiohingaanga, whiti katoa ki runga i nga wahi katoa o tenei whenua i pa ai matou. Mo to matou whakaaetanga tapu i tenei ra ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

Kingitana Tarewa.
Kipa Tamarahi.
Aperanikox tona tohu.

Nga kai titiro—

William M. Searancke, Dist. Comr., Wairarapa.
G. S. Cooper, Dist. Comr., Hawke's Bay.

page 587 A e whakaae ana a Te Makarini te Kai wakarite o te Kawanatanga kia utua mai1859. 20 August.Receipt for £50. ano ki a matou ngapauna moni e rima tekau £50 takitahi huihuia Kotahi te rau hei whakaotinga rawatanga mo te [unclear: whenua] kua hokona e Ngatikahungunu ki nga pakeha ko ana moni katoa kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te 20 o nga ra o Akuhata 1859.

Te Pataka x tona tohu.
Henare Rangihiroa.
Wakaaia x tona tohu.
Ngatuna x tona tohu.
Te Waha x tona tohu.
Paora te Huriwaka x tona tohu.
Nikora.
Te Tareti.

Nga Kai titiro—

H. Fitzgerald, Provnl. Surveyor, Napier.
Edwd. Towgood, Settler, Pohue.
Te Hapukux tona tohu.
Te Harawira Tatari x tona tohu.
Te Toka x tona tohu.

Translation.

WeHave Received on this day on the 24th February 1858, the sum of fifty pounds,1858. 24 February. which Mr. McLean has paid to us in consideration for all our lands contained within theAhuriri. boundaries of the land sold by Ngatikahungunu, that is of Ahuriri, and which we haveReceipt for £50. finally surrendered under the shining sun of the present day, to Victoria, the Queen of England and to all the Kings and Queens Her Successors for ever. And we will never enter upon these lands to give trouble hereafter. These are the boundaries; all theBoundaries. boundaries traversed by Ngatikahungunu in company with Mr. Park the Surveyor, from the Kaweka to Mangatutu, Mohaka, Mangaowhata, Titiokura, Karakiarangi, Rongomaipapa, and including all the places included in these lands to which we have any claim. In witness of our sacred assent on this day we have hereto subscribed our names and marks.

Kingitana Tarewa.
Kipa Tamarahi.
Aperaniko x his mark.

Witnesses—

William N. Searancke, Dist. Comr., Wairarapa.
G. S. Cooper, Dist. Commr., Hawke's Bay.

And Mr. McLean Comr. for the Government, also agrees to give us the sum of fifty1859. 20 August. pounds £50 making altogether one hundred, as a complete settlement for the land sold by Ngatikahungunu to the Europeans, the whole of which monies we have received onReceipt for £50. this 20th of August 1859.

Te Pataka,
&c., &c., &c.

Witnesses—

H. Fitzgerald, Provl. Surveyor. Napier.
Edwd. Towgood, Settler, Pohue.
Te Hapuku x his mark,
&c., &c., &c.

True Translation.

G. S. Cooper, D.C.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, March 1st, 1876.

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