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

[Deed Receipts—No. 138.]

Deed Receipts—No. 138.

Mokau and Awakino Block (Claims of Ngatirarua).

1856. 3 January.

Kua

riro

mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te toru 3 nga ra o Hanuere i te tau 1856 nga

Mokau and Awakino.

pauna moni E rua tekau £20, ko nga utu tenei ki a matou ki a Ngatirarua noho ana ki

Claims of Ngatirarua tribe.

Porirua otira Ngatirarua katoa ki tenei pito o te Motu, ko te utu enei i wakaaetia e Waitara Takerei mo nga whenua katoa i te Akau o Mokau puta noa ki te Papaiatai

Receipt for £20.

rere noa ki uta ki te rohenga mai ki a ngatirarua.

Rawiri Puaha x.
Hohepa Tamaihengena x.
Ko te Wirihana.
Ko te Hiko x.
Rapana te Wakapono x.
Epiha Tuauri x.
Horopapera Pukeko x.
Henari Rehe x.
Ihaia Te Tahuhu x.
hone waite ngahua.
Karira Tonoa x.
Rawiri Waitere x.
Ngahuka x.

Nga kai titiro—

W. M. Smith, Govt. Surveyor.
Elwin Brodie Dickson.

Translation.

1856. 3 January.

We

have received

on this day, the third (3) of the days of January in the year 1856, —The sum of Twenty pounds These are the monies for us, for the Ngatirarua residing at Porirua;—or rather all the Ngatirarua at this end of the island; which Waitara

Mokau and Awakino.

Takerei agreed should be given to us for all the lands at te Akau o Mokau, and on to

Claims of Ngatirarua tribe.

Papaiatai; and inland as far as the Ngatirarua boundary extends.

Receipt for £20.

(Signed) Rawiri Puaha x.
Hohepa Tamaihengena x.
Ko te Wirihana.
Ko te Hiko x.
Rapana te Wakapono x.
Epiha Tuauri x.
Horopapera Pukeko x.
Henari Rehe x.
Ihaia Te Tahuhu.
Hone Waiti Ngahua.
Karira Tonoa x.
Rawiri Waitere x.
Ngahuka x.

Witnesses—

(Signed) W. M. Smith, Govt. Surveyor.
Elwin Brodie Dickson.

A True Translation.

Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.

April, 1856.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 26th, 1875.