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

[Deed Receipts—No. 42.]

Deed Receipts—No. 42.

Pourerere Block (Morena's Claims), Province of Hawke's Bay.

Kua Riro mai ki au na te Makarini nga pauna moni Kotahi rau takitahi i tenei ra i te1862. 15 May.Hawke's Bay. 15 o nga ra o Mei i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1862.
Ko aua moni hei utu mo oku wahi whenua katoa i Pourerere nohoia nei e J. Northwood,Pourerere. he tino wakarerenga rawatanga no taua whenua ake tonu atu.Receipt for £100.
Ko te wahi e mau ki au ko te wahi i tanumia oku tamariki ki waenganui o te AwaNative reserve. o Ikanui o te Waipukakahu ara ko nga ngakinga kai hoki o roto o taua wahi. E toru tekau pea nga eka o taua wahi nana e piki atu ki te wha tekau o nga eka 40—Tetahi wahi ki te tukenga o Ikanui rere roa ki tetahi tukenga ki te wahi e patata ana ki Ikanui ki oku ngakinga hoki i reira.

Heoi ko te tino otinga rawatanga tenei o aua whenua ki te Kawanatanga o Nui Tireni ake tonu atu.

Morena Haweax.

Nga Kai-titiro—

Hapuku x his mark.
Saml. Locke, Surveyor, Napier.

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Translation.

1862. 15 May.Pourerere.Received from Mr. McLean the sum of One hundred pounds, this day the 15th May 1862. This money is in payment of all my pieces of land at Pourerere now occupied byReceipt for £100. J. Northwood, and the said land is hereby given tip for ever.
Native reserve. The part retained by me is the piece where my children are buried between the streams of Ikanui and te Waipukakahu, that is, the cultivations in that part, the said piece may contain thirty acres, or perhaps forty, one portion (extends) from the bend of Ikanui to another bend at the part near Ikanui at my cultivations there. This is the final cession of that land to the Government of New Zealand for ever.

Morena. Hawea x.

Witness—

Hapuku x i his mark.
Saml. Locke, Surveyor, Napier.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 29th, 1876.