Moanatailari No. 8a Block, Hauraki District.
1871. 2 Octobor.Hauraki District.This Deed made the Second day of October in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one Between Aihe Pepene and Hirawa
te Moananui of the District of Hauraki in Queen's County in the Province of
Auckland in the Colony
MoanataiariNo. VIIIa. of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter termed the said Natives of
the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part. Whereas a
Certificate of Title was issued from the Native Lands Court on the Sixth day of
July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one whereby it is certified that the
said Natives are the owners according to Native Custom of the exclusive right of
Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or
otherwise the surface of the soil of all that portion of the Foreshore or parcel
of Land between high-water mark and low-water mark called or known by the name
of Moanataiari Number Eight A hereinafter more particularly described. And
Whereas the said Natives have agreed to sell to Her said Majesty all their
Estate and Interest in the said Foreshore or parcel of Land for the price of
Sixteen pounds Now this Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of
Sixteen pounds paid by Her said Majesty to the said Natives (the
Receipt for £16. receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) the said Natives Do and each of
them Doth hereby Convey and Assure Grant and Surrender unto Her said Majesty Her
Heirs and Successors All that the said right of Fishing upon and using for the
purpose of Wishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil
of All that the said portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between
high-water mark and low-water mark at Grahamstown in the District of Hauraki in
the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of Moanataiari
Number Eight A containing by admeasurement Two acres Two roods and Twelve
perches be the same more or less Bounded
Boundaries. [2a. 2r. 12p.] towards the North East by High water line towards the South East by the
Moanataiari Number Eight B Block Three thousand and Thirty five links towards
the South West by Low water line Eighty five links and towards the North West by
the Moanataiari Number Seven Block Three thousand and Forty five links as the
same is delineated on the Plan drawn hereon With all the rights members and
appurtenances thereunto belonging And all the estate right title interest and
demand whatsoever of the said Natives in land to the said Foreshore or parcel of
Land and Premises and every part thereof To Have and
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to Hold unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and
Successors for ever In Witness whereof the said Parties have Hereunto subscribed
their names the day and year first herein-before written.
Aihe Pepene. Hirawa Te Moananui
Signed by the said Aihe Pepene and Hirawa
te Moananui in the
presence of—
W. H. Taipari,
Edwd. Hy. Power, Native Interpreter, The
Thames.