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

[Deeds—No. 131.]

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Deeds—No. 131.

Wananaki Block, Whangarei District.

1864. 14 July.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei i te 14th o nga ra o Hurae i te tau o to tatou Ariki Whangarei District. 1864 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatikahu o Ngatiwai hoki no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro Wananaki. nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu kia Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni kotahi te rau (£100) E rima tekau kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Herangi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Wananaki ko Wananaki te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu kia Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Herangi Kaiwhakarite Boundaries. Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i taha tahi i te moana i raro o Okorora ka rere i te taha moana kei "motu tara" i konei ka hurihia i roto i te awa o Wananaki rere tonu i roto o Wananaki ki te waha o te Parata a witi atu i Waikare, tahi noa ki te raina i rere i uta haere tonu i runga i nga rainai ruritia Te Herangi No Paparoa puta noa atu kei Okorora ka tutaki.

Tipene Hari.

Ko nga tangata i kite i te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

Henry C. Holman, Settler, Wangarei.
Will. N. Searancke, Dist. Comr.

Receipt for £50. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te 14th o nga ra o Hurae i te tau o to tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau ono tekau ma wha (1864) nga Pauna moni E rua tekau £20. E toru tekau pauna i riro mai ki au i mua (£50 . 0 . 0) Ko te utu whakaotinga ki au tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Te Herangi mo te Kuini.

Tipene Hari.

Nga Kai titiro—

Henry C. Holman, Settler, Wangarei.

1864. 16 November. Kua riro mai ki au ma matou katoa nga tangata o tenei wahi i Wananaki kua ruritia kua tuhi tuhia i runga nei nga pauna moni (£50) e rima tekau, ko te tino utunga whakaotinga tenei ma matou katoa no te 16 o nga ra o Nowema 1864 i riro mai ai.Receipt for £50.

Na Hori Whehiwhehi.

Will. N. Searancke, D.C.
Ko Komene Pouaka.

page 175

Translation.

This Deed written on this fourteenth day of July in the Year of our Lord 1864 is a full 1864. 14 July. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe of Whangarei District. Ngatikahu and Ngatiwai whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of Wananaki. England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of one hundred Pounds (£100 . 0 . 0) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowedge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Wananaki and named Wananaki the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of William N. Searancke Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land Boundaries. commencing on the Coast below Okorora and along the Coast to "Motutara" here it enters and runs up the Wananaki River to the "Waha o te Parata" across Waikare and on to Paparoa whence the inland survey lines start and run northerly to Okorora where the boundaries commenced.

Tipene Hari.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

Henry Holman, Settler, Whangarei.
Will. N. Searancke, Dist. Commr.

Received this 14th day of July in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eightReceipt for £50. hundred and sixty four (1864) the Sum of Fifty Pounds sterling (£50) being the to me final consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by William N. Searancke D.C. on benalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

Tipene Hari.

Witnesses—

Henry C. Holman, Settler, Whangarei.

Received by me on behalf of all my people interested in this land at Wananaki1864. 16 November. which has been surveyed and of which the Plan is above, the sum of Fifty Pounds this is the final payment to us all. This payment was paid to me on the 16th of November 1864.Receipt for £50.

Na Hori Wehiwehi.

Will. N. Searancke, D.C.
Ko Komene Pouaka.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, January 19th, 1875.

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