Deeds—No. 236.
Hunua Block, Wairoa, Auckland District.
1854. 30 March. Auckland District.
Ko te tuhituhinga
o tenei Pukapuka i te 30 o nga ra o Maehe i te tau 1854 te whakaaetanga o Hona Tana, o Wiremu Haua, o te Watene, o Tamati me nga Rangatira katoaHunua.
o Ngatitai te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarangi mona, na ko matou ko te hunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei Pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei matou nga Rangatirab
Ngatitai ki te hoko i tenei whenua kia KuiniVictoria
hei utu mo nga moni £900 kua homai nei ki o matou10 per cent. on sales to be expended for Native purposes.
ringaringa, a e whakaae ana ano te Kuini o Ingarangi mona kia utua mai ano mo nga Tangata Maori ana hokona tenei Kainga ki te Pakeha, kia tekau Pauna o te Rau Pauna e hoki mai mo matou mo enei mea, hei utu mo nga Kura akonga mo o matou tamariki, hei hanga Ohipera mo o matou turoro, hei utu mo nga Kai rongoa mo matou, hei hanga mira mo matou, hei utu, ara hei moni hoatu ki o matou Rangatira Maori, a mo era atu mea e pa ai nga tangata Maori; no konei ka tuku atu nei ka hoatu nei kiaVictoria
te Kuini o Ingarangi me nga Kuini me nga KingiBoundaries
me ona uri i muri i a ia tenei whenua me ona aha me ona aha katoa, ko ona rohe enei, to te Hauauru, koia kei te raina o Hurini o te hokonga o te Wairoa, To te Tonga kei te raina o Hurini a Waikohukohu a te Manuka a Maungaroa a Orapa a te Maire, a Tawarekotukutuku a te tawa-a-hine te rere a Tureirei a Matakawa To te Marangai kei Matakawa, a ka heke ki te awa o ka haere i te awa a puta noa ki te awa o Mangawheau ka haere i roto i taua awa a puta noa ki te awa o te Wairoa, Pote Hauraro koia kei te awa o te Wairoa a puta noa ki te raina o Hurini koia ko te rohe o te Hauauru.Kua tukia te ahua o tenei whenua ki tenei Pukapuka tirohia o matou ingoa.
Hona tana
Watene
tamati
Taraia
x his mark
Wiremu
Haua
te retimana
Ihaka Takaanini
I te aroaro o—
John. White, Interpreter
Andrew Sinclair, Clerk, Survey Office
Kua riro mai i a matou nga moni £900 nga moni kua whakaaetia ki tenei PukapukaReceipt for £900
kuia matou ka tuhituhi nei i o matou ingoa i tenei ra 30 o Maehe i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1354.Hona Tana
Watene
tamati,
Taraia
x
his mark
Wiremu Haua
te retimana
Ihaka Takaanini
I te aroaro o—
John White, Interpreter
Andrew Sinclair, Clerk; Survey Office
Translation.
This Deed
entered into on the 30th of March in the year 18541854. 30 March.
the consenting of Hone Tana and Wiremu Haua and Watene and Tamati and all the Chiefs of the NgatitaiAuckland District.
the consenting also of the Queen of England on her part Now we who have signed our names below, the owners of the land described in this Deed Now we the Chiefs of theHunua.
Ngatitai do agree to sell this land to Queen Victoria for the sum of £900 now given to us it is further agreed to by the Queen of England on her part that there shall be paid10 per cent. on sales to be expended for Native purposes
for the following purposes that is to say for the Founding of Schools in which persons of our race may be taught for the Construction of Hospitals in which persons of our race may be tended, for the payment of Medical Attendance for us, for the Construction of Mills for us, for Annuities for our Chiefs or fort other purposes of a like nature, Ten per Cent, or Ten Pounds out of every Hundred Pounds out of all monies from time to time received for this land when it is resold, For this we give up and make over to Victoria the Queen of England and her Heirs and Successors for ever this Land and all thereto belonging.Boundaries
Wairoa on the South from Hewlin's line at the Waikohukohu to the Manuka and on to Maungaroa and Orapa and the Maire and Taweri Kotukutuku and to the Tawa-hine-te-rere and Tareirei and to Matakawa on the East from Matakawa and descending to the Tipakuri Creek and on in the said Creek until it enters the Mangawheau Creek and on in the said Creek until it enters the Wairoa, On the North by the Creek of the Wairoa and on to Hewling's line being the junction with the West boundary. A sketch of this Land is on the other side of this Deed.Witness our names—
(Sd.) Hone Tana
Watene
Tamati
Wiremu Hana
(Sd.) Te retimana
Ihaka Takanini
Tataia x his mark
Witnesses——
(Signed) John White, Interpreter
Andrew Sinclair, Clerk, Survey Office
Received by us the sum of £900 the sum agreed to in this Deed hence our signingReceipt for £900
these our names on the 30th of March in the year of our Lord 1854.(Sd.) Hone Tana
Watene
Tamati
Wiremu Hana
(Sd.) Te retimana
Ihaka Takanini
Taraia x his mark
Witnesses—
(Sd.) John White, Interpreter
(Sd.) Andrew Sinclair, Clerk, Survey Office
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, March 18th, 1875.