Deed Receipts—No. 25.
Hikurangi Block (Claims of Te Katipa), Whangarei District.
He whakaetanga
korero tenei naku na te Katipa ki a te Makarini kai hoko whenua1855. 8 August.
Whangarei District.
mo te Kawanatanga o Niu Tireni e whakaae ana a te Katipa, te Awarahi kia tukua rawatia e ia te whenua ko Kaimaria te ingoa ko Pukemore ko Horahora ko ManawanuiHikurangi.
ko Tokamoki ko Wharenga ko nga ingoa nui enei o tenei kainga ka timata te rohe i teClaims of Te Kaptipa.
taepa oPan
ka haereBoundaries.
a te puke o Horahora ka whati ka haere Manawanui ka haere ka whati i te Moana ka haere a te Tokamoki, haere Wharenga haere te awa o Kaimaria ka whiti haere tonu a tuhono noa kie te taepa o Pane ko nga utu ki a te Katipa, mo tana wahi o tenei kainga £60 pauna moni, mo tona wahi anake enei utu, e takoto ke ana hoki te wahi mo te Kepa ma, kua riro ma[ gap — reason: deleted]
ga
moni £60 na te Makarini i homai i tenei ra i teReceipt for £60.
8 o Akuhata 1855 a ekore ahau e tuku i etahi tangata kia rere ki runga whakahe ai i tenei whenua no te mea kua tukua tikatia nei e ahau i tenei whenua ki a te Kuini ake tonu atu i tenei ra e white nei e waru te tekau eka (acres
) e puritiia ana i WharengaReserve for Katipa’ s children. [80 acres.]
mo nga Tamariki o te Katipa hei kanga ahi ma ratou ko te wahi kua oti te ruri e te Pakeha.Kai titiro, Witness—
John White,
Interpreter, L.P.D.
William B. Baker, Clerk, Land
Purchase Department.
Katipa.
Translation.
This is a
consent from me from Te Katipa to Mr. McLean, Land purchase commissioner1855. 8 August.
for the New Zealand Government. Te Katipa te Awarahi agrees entirely toWhangarei District.
give up the land named Kaimaria; Pukemore, Horahora Manawanui, Tokamoki, Wharenga, these being the general names of the land. The boundaries commence at Pane’s fence, thenceHikurangi.
to the hill of Horahora turning thence it turns to Manuanui thence turning along the sea thence to Tohamoki, thence to Wharenga thence to the stream ofTe Katipa’s Claims.
Kaimaria crossing which it proceeds onwards till it joins Pane’s fence. The considerationBoundaries.
to Te Katipa for his claims to this land is £60 sixty pounds these monies are for his claims alone those for Te Kepa being altogether separate. The sum of £60 has this day been received from Mr. McLean on this 8th day of August One thousandReceipt for £60.
eight hundred and fifty five. I will not permit any other person to prefer a claim to this land because I have rightly disposed of this land to the Queen of England for ever under the sun now shining. Eighty acres are to be reserved at Wharenga for Te Katipa’sReserve for Katipa’s children. [80 acres.]
children as a place on which to light their fires being the portion which has been surveyed by the European.Witnesses—
Signed John White, Interpreter, L.P.D.
Signed William B. Baker, Clerk,
Land P. Dept.
Signed
Katipa.
[Hikurangi. Claims of Aihepene Kaihau.]
Kua riro
mai i ahau nai te Makarini i homai i tenei ra i te 11 o nga ra o Heputima1855. 11 September.
i to tau o to tatou Ariki 1855 nga pauna moui £40 mo te matou panga ki Hikurangi katoa ara mo nga wahi katoa i whakakeke ai matou i roto i Hikurangi katoa kaWhangarei District.
tukua rawatia nei e ahau me ona aha katoa me ona aha katoa ko nga utu hoki eneiHikurangi.
mo matou ko te Kepa ma katoa ko te tino otinga rawatanga tenei o tenei whenua ake tonu ki a Wikitoria me nga Kingi me nga Kuini i muri iho i a ia ake ake ka whakaae ano ahau kia whakakahoretia e ahau nga tono katoa o nga tangata katoa ki te puta teClaims of Aihepene Kaihau.
kapu tono a etahi iwi ki tenei kainga katoa a muri nei ake tonu atu no taku whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka kua tuhituhi nei e au taku ingoa.Receipt for £40.
Kai titiro ki tenei homaitanga moni me nga tuhinga ingoa me nga tonu—
John White,
Interpreter, L.P.D.
Ebenezer Baker,
Clerk,
Auckland.
Aihepene Kaihau
Translation.
Received
from Mr. McLean on this eleventh day of September in the year of our1855. 11 September.
Lord 1855 the sum of £40 for all our claims to Hikurangi that is to all the landsHikurangi.
which we refused to give upClaims of Aihepene Kaihau.
in the Hikurangi Block These I now for ever give up with all thereunto appertaining. These payments are for Te Kepa and ourselves conjointly. Now this is the final transfer of this land for ever to Victoria to the KingsReceipt for £40.
or Queens who may succeed her for ever. I likewise agree to suppress the claims of all persons if any come forward to prefer a claim to this land hereafter and for ever. And in testimony of my consent to all the conditions of this Deed I hereunto affix my name.Witnesses to these payments and signatures—
(Sd.) John White, Interpreter, L.P.D.
Ebenezer Baker, Clerk, Auckland.
Aihipene Kaihau.
True translation.
Donald
McLean,
Chief Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Receipts and Translations.
Wellington, July 26th, 1875