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

[Deeds—No. 259.]

Deeds—No. 259.

Te Ngaio Block, Manukau District.

1848. 7 September. Manukau District.

Ko te tuituhinga

o tenei pukapuka i te whitu o Hepetema 1848 te whakaetanga no matou no nga rangatira o Ngatiteata, te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko matou ko nga rangatira o Ngatiteata nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia

Te Ngaio.

nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae matou ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini

Victoria

hei utu mo nga pauna moni e rua rau ka hoatu nei ki a matou, nokonei ka hoatu nei, ka tuku atu nei ki a

Victoria

te Kuini o Ingarani ki te Kingi Kuini ranei i muri i a ia ake ake ake, i taua whenua me nga aha noa iho o tenei kainga, ko ona rohe koia enei, ka

Boundaries.

timata kei te ngutu o te awa Ranaki whai tonu i taua awa ko to te rohe o te Emera whai tonu ki Mangawharawhara, a haere tonu ki tetahi wahi o te taukaka ki Maungahuia a whai tonu taua taukaka tetahi wahi ki Huianui a haere tonu ki Kakaroa; ka mutu te rohe o raro o te tuauru; te rohe o te tonga ka whati mai ki tatahi kei Kopia mutu mai ai kua oti nei te tohu

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, haere tonu ki tatahi ki Koropepeke kua oti nei te tohu, ka tapahi ki uta ki tetahi pukepuke Omapihi haere tonu ki runga taua taukaka ki tetahi pukepuke Pakehakauaihi a ka tapahi ki tatahi ki Wairere kua oti nei te tohu ki runga te toka, a haere tonu ki te timatanga, ko te Ngaio te ingoa o te kainga nei.

Kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei, Tirohia o matou ingoa o matou tohu.

Aihepene Tamati Waka.

I tuhituhia nga ingoa nga tohu o nga tangata i te tirohanga o—

James Baber, Clk., Survey Office.
E. Meurant.

Kua riro mai i a matou nga pauna moni e rua rau koia matou ka tuhituhi nei i o

Receipt for £200.

matou ingoa i tenei ra te whitu o Hepitema i te tau o to tatou Ariki ko tahi mano waru rau e wha tekau ma waru.

Aihepene Tamati Waka.

I te tirohanga o—

James Baber.
E. Meurant.

Translation.

This Deed

written on the seventh of September 1848 is an agreement between us

1848. 7 September. Manukau District.

Chiefs of Ngatiteata and the Queen of England on her own behalf Whereby we Chiefs of Ngatiteata the owners of the Land described in this Deed agree to sell this Land to Queen Victoria in consideration of two hundred pounds sterling now given to us

Te Ngaio.

Wherefore we give and deliver over to Victoria Queen of England and to Her Successors after her for ever that piece of Land with all thereto belonging; its boundaries are as

Boundaries.

follows commencing at the mouth of the stream Ranaki at follows its course and then Hamlin's boundary to Mangawharawhara thence to a certain part of the summit of the ridge called Maungahuia then follows that ridge some distance to Huianui and thence to Kakaroa completing the boundaries on the North and West the Southern boundary turns to the water's edge at Kopia where it ends and where there is a mark made thus

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it (the boundary) goes along the water's edge to Koropepeke where there is a mark made turns inland to a hill called Omapihi goes along the summit of that ridge to another hill

called Pakehakauahi and then turns to the sea side to Wairere where a mark is made upon the rock thence it goes and reaches the point of commencement. Ngaio is the name of this land the plan of it is drawn on the other side.