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

[Deeds—No. 28.]

Deeds—No. 28.

Te Wiroa and Parangiora Block, Bay of Islands District.

1855. 25 August.Bay of Islands District.Ko tenei pukapuka tuku whenua i tuhia i tenei ra i te rua tekau ma rima o Akuhata 1855 he pukapuka tuku na matou i tetahi wahi o to matou whenua kia Wikitoria te Te Wiroa, Kuini o Ingarani ake tonu atu. Ko te Wiroa te ingoa nui o tenei whenua kei roto o page 41

Mangonui o Pewhairangi e takoto ana. Ko nga kaha anei. Ka timata i te Kohekohe i te taha o te awa o Poukoura ka haere i te awa o Poukoura ka haere te Motutere Te Mawhitiwhiti ka rere Opeti ka rere Waiwhapuku ka rere ki te taha ki te akau pa noa ki Boundaries. te pa o Opuawaka ka rere i te ara. Maori i te Kahiwi a pa noa ki te taha ki matau o Parangiora ka heke ka marere ki te Ahimango ka makere iho ki tatahi ka haere piri noa ki to te Pata (Potter) ka tuhono ki te wahi i whakaritea mo Tamata ka haere i te hiwi ka marere ki te Ngaio ka haere i te tahataha o te awa o Mangonui a pa noa ki te rae o te Kauri tawhe noa Pakotate Mawhai Pukihi te Awaiti Wateriki ka tuhono ki te wahi i whakaritea mo Tamata (Thomas Hansen). A e rua rau pauna moni (£200) hei utu mo tenei whenua ka tukua atu nei mo te Kawanatanga ake tonu atu no konei i tuhia ai o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

Hohaia Parati Waikato.
Mokaraka Waikato.
Waraki na Waikato i tuhi.
Ko Ho maru.
Tareha.
Ko Kai teke Te Kemara.
Na te Kingi Wiremu kia tuhia i mea.
Ko te Pakira Tareha x.
Kingi Hori Kira.
Ko te tohu o x Tari te Tatatari.
Na Whare Ngere.
H. Kingi Taotahi.
Wiremu Hau.
Na Tango.
Hamiora Waenga.
Kingi Wiremu Tareha x.
Hamiora Wawe.
Ko Waraki x (Na Kingi Wi-remu Tareha).
Ruku Awa.
Hongi te Rata.
Tamati Wakena.
Hohaia Waikato.
Ware Te Wakarua.
Ratima te Wiri x.

H. T. Kemp,
District Commissioner, Bay of Islands.

Kai Titiro—

Tauwehe, of Mangonui.
Hone tona, of Waimate.

Na, mo naianei i riro mai ai ki a matou nga rau pauna erua (£200) nga utu mo to matou whenua mo te Wiroa mo Parangiora na Te Henare Kepa i homai ki nga ringa-ringa1855. 3 September.Reciept for £200. o te Rata Hongi raua ko Whare Ngere nga tangata i whakaritea e te whakaminenga hei kai tiki mo aua moni. No reira i tuhia ai o maua ingoa me o maua tohu i tenei ra i te toru o nga ra o Hepetema 1855.

Na Te Rata Hongi, Principal Chiefs
Na Wharengare, Principal Chiefs.

H. T. Kemp,
Dist. Commissioner.

Kai Titiro—

William Clarke, of Waimate
Hone Peti Haki, of Waimate.

Translation.

1855. 25 August.Bay of Islands District. This Deed or sale of land written on this the twenty fifth day of August 1855, is a Deed by which we agree to sell a portion of our land to Victoria the Queen of England for ever and ever;—The principal name of this piece of land is "Te Wiroa" and is Te Wiroa. situated near the Mangonui River in the Bay of Islands.

The Boundaries of the land are these; It commences at a point called "Te Kohe-kohe" on the banks of the "Poukoura" river, it follows the "Poukoura" river towards Boundaries. the small Island called "Te Mawhitiwhiti" from thence to "Opiti," from thence across to "Waiwhapuku," then on the sea side until ti reaches the Pa called "Opuawaka," it then follows the native footpath on the ridge until it reaches the right or outer side of the "Parangiora" Pa,—thence here it descends the hill to the "Ahimango" and to the water side, from thence until it joins Mr. Potter's purchase (on the Mangonui side) and joins the piece just purchased on behalf of Thomas Hansen, from thence it follows the ridge until it descends at the "Ngaio," it then follows the side of the river "Mangonui" until it reaches the point called "Te Kauri," following it round to "Pakotare," "Mawhai," "Pukihi," "Te Awaiti," "Weteriki," where it joins the piece of ground sold to Thomas Hansen.

And it is hereby agreed that the sum of Two hundred pounds shall be the payment for the land which we have now sold to the Government for ever and ever, In token thereof, we have hereunto signed our names and marks.

(Signed)
Hohaia Parati Waikato.
Mokaraka Waikato.
Waraki, na Waikato i tuhi, or signed by Waikato.
Ko Ho Maru.
Ko Kaiteke Te Kemara.
Tareha.
Na te Kingi Wiremu i sign.
Ko te Pakira Tareha x.
Hongi Te Rata.
Tamati Wakena.
Hohaia Waikato.
Kingi Wiremu Taraha x.
Ware Te Wakarua.
Kingi Hori Kira.
Ko te tohu o Tari Te Tatari.
Na Whare Ngere.
H. Kingi Taotahi.
Ruku Awa.
Wiremu Hau.
Na Tango.
Hamiora Waenga.
Hamiora Wawe.
Ko Ratima x Te Wiri.
Ko Waraki x (Na Kingi Wi-remu Tareha).

(Signed)H. T. Kemp,
Dist. Commr., Bay of Islands.

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Witnesses—

(Sd.) Tauwehe, of Mangonui.
Honetana, of Waimate.

True Translation.

H. T. Kemp.

1855 3 September. We have this day received the sum of Two hundred pounds sterling (£200), being the amount agreed on as payment for our land known as "Te Wiroa" and "Parangiora," and delivered by Mr. Kemp into the hands of us, Te Rata Hongi and Whare Ngere,Receipt for £200. the persons appointed by the Public Meeting or Assembly to receive the money, in token thereof we have signed our names and marks on this the third day of September 1855.

(Signed) Nate Rata Hongi.
Na Whare Ngere.

Witnesses—

(Signed) William Clarke, of Waimate.
Hone Peti Haki, of Waimate.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 21st August, 1874.

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

[Deeds—No. 28.]

Te Wiroa and Parangiora Block, Bay of Islands District.

Translation.