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

[Deeds—No. 285.]

Deeds—No. 285.

Opoia and Ramaroa No. 2 Block, Manukau District.

1861. 8 April. Manukau District.

Tenei Pukapuka

i tuhituhia i tenei i te waru (8) o nga ra o

Apriera

i te tau o to tatou o to tatou Ariki 1861 he pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku

Opoia and Ramaroa No. II.

whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiteata no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o a matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakaritea ai

Price £385.

hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni e toru rau e waru tekau ma rima kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Herangi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Opoia kei Ramaroa Manukau ko Ramaroa te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o

William N. Searancke

tetahi o nga Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe

Boundaries.

enei o taua whenua ka timata i Manukau ite ngutuawa o "Mata Kawau" rere tonu i roto i Mata Kawau ki Waiwata a haere noa i punga i te rohe o te whenua kua riro atu ki a te "Kuini" tae noa ki te Aria i konei ka ahu whakarunga i roto i te Ngaherehere ki Hikurangi a te Papatairite a Whareroa i konei ka ahu kewaha i runga i te rohe kua oti te ruri me te tuhituhi ki tenei Pukapuka ki te

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o Awakauhia puta noa kewaha ki Manukau, haere tonu ki te taha o Manukau tae noa kei Mata Kawau. Ko nga wahi enei ma matou ki Ramaroa ki te

Reserves: For Kerei Aihepene, 50 acres. For Paikau, 50 acres. For Aihepene Kaihau, 20 acres. At the Point, 5 acres.

Ngaherehere e rua Tekihana 50 eka o tetahi 50 eka o tetahi, ki waenganui o Omahuru raua ko Otohikawa 20 eka ma Aihepene.

Ma Kerei Aihepehe raua ko Paikau nga tekehina ki Ramaroa ki Mataiporohe tetahi wahi kia rima (5) eka.

Translation.

This Deed

written on this the eighth (8) day of April in the Year of our Lord 1861

1861. 8 April.

is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe of Ngatiteata whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on

Opoia and Ramaroa No. II.

behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of three hundred and eighty five pounds (£385) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we

Price £385.

hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Manukau and named Eamaroa the boundaries

Boundaries.

whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of William N. Searancke District Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Manukau at the mouth of the River Mata Kawau, up the Mata Kawau to Waiwata and along the boundary of the Land alienated to the Grown and on to the Aria, hence southward thro' the bush to Hikurangi, Papatairite, and on to Whareroa, thence Eastward along the surveyed boundary as shown by the drawing on this Deed to the Awakauhia to Manukau and along the Manukau to Mata Kawau.
The pieces of Land to be reserved for us are at Ramaroa Bush two sections of 50

Reserves: For Karei Aihepene, 50 acres. For Paikau, 50 acres. For Aihepene Kaihau, 20 acres. Mataiporohe, 5 acres.

Acres each, at the Junction of the Omahuru and Otohikawa rivers a Section of 20 Acres, for Aihepene Kaihau, the 2 Sections at Ramaroa Bush are for Kerei Aihepene and Paikau respectively, and at Mataiporohe at the point 5 Acres to be reserved.