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

Otaiheke Block, Whangarei District

Otaiheke Block, Whangarei District.

1857. 13 October.

Whangarei District.

Kua riro

mai Ma matou i tenei ra i te tekau ma toru (13) o nga ra o Oketopa i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma whitu (1857) nga pauna moni

Otaiheke.

E rua rau e rima tekau ma tahi pauna kotahi

herein

(£251 . 1 . 0) he utu

timatatiga

Receipt for £251 . 1 . 0, first instalment.

enei mo to matou whenua mo Otaiheke e tukua nei e matou i tenei ra hei kainga pumau tonu iho ki a Wikitoria ki te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.

Boundaries.

Ko nga rohe enei ka timata i te one o Rangaunu ki te Wai-keri-a-wera ka ahu whakauta ki te awa o Hoteo ki Wai-te-whaonga; ka ahu whakararo ki te rohe o Mangawhai ko te awa tonu o Hoteo te rohe—ki Waititi ka koki ka ahu ki te Moana ki te Arai i runga tonu ano o te rohe o Mangawhai ka haere tonu mai i te one a Te Wai-keri-a-wera ka hono i kona te rohe.

Kia oti te ruri te whakahaere kia kitea te ahua o te whenua ka tino whakatumautia ai nga utu e toe ake ana mo taua whenua.

A hei tohu mo te rironga mai o aua moni me te otinga atu o te whenua ki Te Kuini kua tuhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

Te Kiri x.
Te Urunga x.
Torohia x.

I te aroaro o—

William N. Searancke, Distr. Commr. & Surveyor.
William B. Baker, Chf. Clk., L.P.D.