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

[Deeds Receipts—No. 119.]

Deeds Receipts—No. 119.

Te Hutiwai Block, Whaingaroa District.

Kua riro

mai ki a matou na te Makarini nga pauna moni e rima tekau takitahi (£50)

1854. 12 April. Whaingaroa District

i tenei ra i te 12 o Aperira 1854 hei utu mo tetahi taha o to matou kainga ka tukua tonutia i tenei ra e witi nei a ake tonu atu ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki nga

Te Hutiwal.

Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.
Nga utu e pai ai matou mo taua whenua e rua rau takitahi no roto i aua rau enei

Receipt for £50, advance

£50 kua tangohia e matou otira kia oti rawa te whenua te ruri te wakahaere ka tino wakatumau ai nga utu mo taua whenua.
Nga rohe o te whenua ka timata ki Matahahai ka rere ki te taha ki raro o te Waitomotomo

Boundaries

ka haere ki te taha ki raro o te Korou puta atu ki te Korainui a rere tonu ki te Hutiwai ka eke ki te awa o Ngaiwiturua ka rere ki Opotoru te mutunga i reira ko te Rere tae noa ki Pokarangi ko te mutunga tenei.

No te rironga mai o enei moni ki a matou ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

Na Kereopa
Te Wetini Mahikai x
Ko te Hira x
hone pene
Aporo
Manahi
Tare Huia x
Te Haeana
Mohi Rukuwai x
Henare Ngatai x
Wikiriwhi Wakapuhoi
Peni te Oro x
Rangititia
Rapana
Nikora Matatahi x
Pihama te Watu x
Te Rupaperi
Hariata Poroake x

Nga Kai Titiro—

E. Powell, Settler, New Plymouth

John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa

Translation.

We have received

at the hands of Mr. McLean the sum of £50 Fifty Pounds on this

1854. 12 April.

the 12th day of April 1854 as a payment for a portion of our Land which we have this day sold to Victoria the Queen of England under the shining sun of the present day

Whaingaroa District

and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever and ever.
The payment we agree to receive for this land is two hundred pounds (£200)

Te Hutiwai.

out of which we have received the sum of Fifty pounds but when the land is properly

Receipt for £50

surveyed and laid down then shall the payment be finally made.
The boundary of the Land commences at Matahaihai from thence to the northern

Boundaries

side of Waitomotomo it then follows the northern side of te Korou until it reaches Korainui from thence to te Hutiwai it here ascends at the river of Ngaiwiturua from thence to Opotoru the end of the boundary there is at te Rere from thence to Pokarangi here it finishes.

And having received these monies we hereunto sign our names and marks.

(Signed) Na Kereopa,
and 17 others

Witnesses—

(Signed) C. H. Powell, Settler, New Plymouth

John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa

Second Instalment

Akarana; 5 o Hurai, 1854

Na, kua riro

mai hoki i a matou inaianei, i tenei ra, nga Pauna moni E rima

1854. 5 July.

tekau takitahi (£50). Na te Makarini i homai hei utunga tuarua mo te whenua kua takoto

Receipt for £50, second instalment

nei nga rohe i tera taha o te pukapuka nei.

TeWetini
Hamiora te Wakatari
Hone Pumipi
Taukawe
Paora
Na te Waipa
Te Hira
(Tainui Tribe.)

Kai titiro—

H. T. Kemp, J.P.

Archd. A. MacInnes