Koutute Block, River Waikare, Bay of Islands District.
1832. 10 May.Bay of Islands District.Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned being
Chiefs of Tribes in the Bay of Islands and owners of a certain piece of land
situated on the River Waicade in
Koutute. the said Bay of Islands in New Zealand known or called by the name of
Cooetiti the
Geo. Greenway. boundaries of which are hereafter more fully set forth Do hereby sell
bargain and transfer unto
George
Greenway of the said place Merchant and his heirs for ever all the said
piece of land with houses timber water and minerals or whatever else may appertain
Receipt. in any way unto the said premises the payment of which we do hereby
acknowledge having received and we the said undersigned have full right and good
authority to sell and transfer the said premises unto the said
George Greenway his heirs administrators and executors
and further we the said undersigned do hereby guarantee that the said
George Greenway and his heirs executors
and administrators shall hereafter hold and
Boundaries. [100 acres.] enjoy quiet and peaceable possession of the said premises the boundaries
of which are as follows, from a point called Te Meraunga extending on the ridge of
the hill in a direction to an old Pah formerly occupied by Oni Rakau the Chief of
the Roa Roa Tribe called Rangakahi and thence extending in a direct line on the
ridge of the hill to a point called Te Maarau and all the sea coast between the
Two points The two flats called Otematini and Koeetute as also an Island opposite
the said Koeetute called Moututokope. Dated this tenth day of May a.d. 1832.
Witness our hands as under.
Cowite Chief of the Natehini his x mark.
Kivekive Chief of the Natemanu his x mark.
One Rakau Chief of the Roa Roa his x mark.
Okau
Cowite’s son his x mark.
Witnesses of the said Signatures—
Wm. Pratt.
J. H. Rapsey.
True Copy.
Henry Kemp.
No. 98.O.L.C. A True Transcript of the same.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
8th November, 1878.