Ohinemuri Block (Gold Fields Agreement), Thames District.
1868 19 December Thames District.
Ko matou
nga tangata o Ngatitamatera kua oti nei o matou ingoa te tuhi i raro o tenei pukapuka, e tino whakaae ana kia tuku atu ki a Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George
Ohinemuri.
Ferguson Bowen
Kawana o Niu Tireni o matou piihi whenua katoa kei Ohinemuri heGold Fields Agreement.
whenua mahinga koura mo tana Kawana me ana i whakarite ai, me nga Kawana i muri i a ia me a ratou i whakarite ai. Ko nga tikanga mo aua whenua kua tukua atu nei me penei me nga tikanga mo nga whenua mahinga koura kei Hauraki. Ko nga rohe me ata whakahaere a tetahi wa e haere ake na.He mea tuhituhi na matou ki Pukatea-wainui kei Ohinemuri i tenei te tekau nga iwa o nga ra o Tihema 1868.
Rapata te Pokiha.
Wikiriwhi te Hautanga.
Pereniki Tekokako
x his
mark.
Ngatai.
Pokai rikipaka.
Pukepoto Pokai
x his mark.
Hoani
Mataia.
Timotiu.
Epiha te koiwi.
wata
hatara.
Remehia.
Wiremu Koroneho.
te harawira Reweti.
Ko Hoera
te mimiha.
timi wha tai whakaea.
Renata tamati.
Hira Wani.
te
Kemara tiraruatine.
Potae
x his mark.
Mira te Mimihia
x his
mark.
Tereiti te Aorere
x his mark.
Erana Kohiko
x her mark.
Rihi
te Ao
x her mark.
Paraone te Maupu
x his mark.
Watana Taiwhakaia
x his
mark.
Hokamohi
x his mark.
Tupeka te Whakamau
x his mark.
Hariata
Paripumate
Turner x his mark.
Te Rira
x his mark
Ruiha Kemara
x her
mark.
Miriama Kaurapa
x her mark.
Rihi Arawira
x her
mark.
Harawira Kaitara
x his mark.
Matenga Paraone
x his
mark.
pakara ngaroma.
Paora.
Ereatara te ngaru nui.
te Kepa
Raharuhi.
Hapi Rewi.
Poihipi Hohua.
te Pirihi te tiunga.
Haira
te Puihi.
Mereana tauraro
x her mark.
Timara
x her mark.
Mete
Pokihi
x her mark.
Timoti Huia.
Pita te Heihei
x his mark.
Reupena
te Pia
x his mark.
Topi te Kahuwhara.
Tuainuku
x his mark.
Te Puke
x his mark.
Taraia Ngakuti
x his mark.
Kiritina Tamihana.
Hemi
Tamihana.
MateneKata
x his mark.
Erueti Toanui
x his
mark.
Aperahama Tupou
x his mark.
Ngakuku
x his mark.
Tini Poaka
x
his mark.
honana.
Witness to signatures—
C. T. F. B. de Thierry.
Kua whakaae ano ahau ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka mo te taha ki a te Kawana.
James Mackay,
Jr.,
Civil Commissioner.
Te Puke,
October
26, 1868.Note to Mr. John Thorp.
Ki a Hone Taapa, ka tukua atu e ahau taku piihi koura ki a te Make tuturu tuturu kaore he tangata he peke mai ki te pupuru i muri atu, heoi ano.Na
te Wano.
Na
Potae.
Papaturoa, Tihema
Note to Mr. James Mackay.
Kia teMake he kupu naku ki a koe kia mahara koe ki a au ina tae koe ki tou haringa e pa taku kupu ki a koe ko nga kauri o Waitekauri ko tahi rau kia puta mai ki a au kotahi rau pauna ara kei a koe te ritenga heoi ano.Na to hoa,
Na
te Wano Toiwhare.
Ohinemuri, 19 Tihema, 1868.
Consent of Tarais.
E hoa e te Kawana kua whakaae ahau ko te koura o Ohinemuri ki a koe, engari ko te whenua kei au ano toku whenua, kei a koe te koura anake. (l.s
.)Taraia Ngakuti x his mark.
Witness to signature—
Br. C. T. F. de Thierry, L.T.
In consideration of
Ropata te Pokihaand other persons of the tribe
Ngatitamatera1868. 19 December. Agreement to pay £1,500 as deposit.
of
Haurakihaving this day ceded
toSir George Ferguson Bowen K.G.C.M.G. Governor of New Zealand, all their Lands at
Ohinemuriin the Districk of
Haurakifor goldmining purposes
IJames Mackay Jr. Esquire Civil Comissioner for the Colony of New Zealand do hereby agree for and on behalf of Her Majesty's Colonial Government
topay
to Ropata te Pokihaand the other persons of the tribe
Ngatitamaterasigning the said agreement the sum of
onethousand five hundred pounds (£1500) as
adeposit
tobind the said agreement Five hundred pounds (£500) of the said sum
tobe
abonus for the cession of the said lands, for gold mining purposes and
onethousand pounds
(£1000) tobe an advance repayable out of Miners' Rights fees hereafter
tobe received within the district of
Ohinemuri.Signed at
Ohinemurithis nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty eight
.(
Signed)
James Mackay,
Jr.,
Civil Commissioner.