Waihou Block, Hokianga District.
Agreement between the Baron Charles Philip Hippolytus de
Thierry of Bathampton in 1822. 7 August.Hokianga district. the County of Somerset, England, and of Queen's College, Cambridge, and
Muri Wai, Patutone, and Nene native residents on the banks of the River Hokianga
in the Islands Waihou.Baron de Thierry. of New Zealand. We the above-named Chiefs and Natives of New Zealand for
and in consideration of thirty-six axes to us now given, for us our heirs and
successors, by free will and with common consent have sold and granted to the said
Baron Charles Philip Hippolytus de Thierry his heirs executors administrators and
assigns for ever, all the lands, woods, and waters situated within the following
boundaries or limits hereafter Boundaries. [1,500 acres.] specified, viz. The district called Te Tu One at the source or rise of the
River Hokianga; The district of Wai Hu adjoining the aforesaid district; Also the
district called Te Papa adjoining the aforesaid district called Wai Hu; Also the
district called Huta Hura adjoining the aforesaid the aforesaid district called Te
Papa, all of which districts are situated at the source and on the Eastern and
Western Banks of the River Hokianga, and contain by estimation Forty Thousand
Acres be the same more or less, and all the lands woods and waters and whatsoever
may be contained and situated within the aforesaid limits and boundaries, do from
this day and shall remain for ever the sole property of the said Baron Charles
Philip Hippolytus de Thierry his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns. And
no person or persons whosoever shall on any pretence unlawfully seize, take, give,
make over, distribute, molest, injure, or in any manner damage or injure the said
lands, woods, waters, and whatsoever may belong thereto or be contained therein
and upon; And we the aforenamed Chiefs and Natives do solemnly engage to defend
the said property to the best of our power against any unlawful seizure or injury.
We further declare having received full payment and satisfaction for Receipt. the said lands, woods, waters, and everything belonging thereto, in
testimony of which we do sign this our act and Deed, this seventh day of August in
the year of Christ One thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Two on board the ship
Providence now in New Zealand.
The mark of Mudi Wai x.
The mark of Patu One x.
The mark of Nene x. Signed in
presence of—
James Herd, Master of the Providence.
Thomas Kendall,
Missionary.
William Edward Green, 1st Officer of the Providence.