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

[Deeds—No. 149.]

Deeds—No. 149.

Tatarariki Block, Wairoa, Kaipara District.

1857. 24 March.Kaipara District.Kia mohia nga tangata katoa ki enei pukapuka no tenei ra no te rua tekau ma wha o nga ra o Maehe i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma whitu Tatarariki. 1857 ko matou ko nga Rangatira Maori me nga tangata Maori hoki o Nui Tireni e mau nei nga ingoa i raro nei hei whakaritenga mo nga pauna moni E toru rau e rima tekau taki tahi kua utua mai kia matou e John Rogan he Kai whakarite Whenua mo te Kuini Wikitoria (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko matou katoa ko ia tangata ko ia tangata a ko tenei pukapuka te whakaaetanga ka hoko nei ka tuku nei ka hoatu nei kia Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia me ana Boundaries. [12,000 acres.] e hoatu ai taua wahi whenua katoa ko Tatarariki kei te Wairoa Ka timata te rohe o te whenua ki te wahapu o te Kopuru ka haere i te taha o te Wairoa tae noa ki te wahapu o Tatarariki ka haere whaka te hauauru ka eke ki Puketunoa ka haere tonu ki te moana i runga atu o Waihahihi ka haere whakararo i te takutae o te moana tae noa ki Pari e tati haere maro tonu ki te puaha o te Kopuru ka tutuki nga rohe i reira, me nga tikanga katoa me nga mea katoa o taua whenua me te tikanga me te putake me te panga me te wahi me te tononga o matou katoa o matou takitahi ranei e mau ake nei ki taua whenua. A hei mau tonu taua whenua me ona mea katoa kia te Kuini me ana e hoatu ai mo akc tonu atu. A hei tohu mo tenei tukunga kua tuhia nei o matou ingoa.

John Rogan,
Dist. Commr.

Napa raone Ngaweke.
Manukau Rewarewa.
Henare Rawiti.
Ceaine.
Raumoa Manukau.
Horomona x.
The mark x of Paikea.
Wiremu Tipene.
pairama.
Na Hori tanga.
The mark x of Makoare.
Waiwhatawhata x.
temare x.
pumipi x.
Kereopa x.
raniera x.
pera topatopa x.
Tamati x.
Meri x.
Heta x.
tetoko x.
Kaiwaka x.
taniora x.
te tana x.
Hemana x.
Tamati x.
Paratene x.
e ruera x.
i raia x.
nikora x.
tehawa x.
tehawa x.
Timoti x.
Piripi x.
Teawe x.
te Kepa x.
e ra mi ha x.
Hone hihi.
Toko x.
Hirini x.
Te Matenga x.
page 193 Tetatana x.
Pe Himana x.
Paratene Taupaihi x.
perana x.
e noha x.
hakopa x.
matiu tuturua x.
Heremaia x.
kerepe x.
The Mark x of Hone Kingi.
The Mark x of Patoromu.
The Mark x of Wikiriwe.
Tamati Reweti.
Karena x.
Paki x.
Reipuha x.
Mihaka.
te manihera.
Matiu x.
Taraipini x.
Hohaia x.
Kamariera x.
Netana x.
Paramena x.
Paramena x.
Matikikuha x.
Hone Watarauhi x.
Hamahona x.
kahi x.
Himiona x.
Wetiria x.
piripi x.
hatiwira x.
Hori kepa x.
rangitapiki x.
reihana x.
pita x.
te hira x.
tama x.
tiraha x.
henare x.
te hanihi x.
e piha x.
Ihaia te Paenganui x.

I tuhia i te aroaro o—

William Gittos, Wesleyan Missionary.
William White, Merchant.

Kua riro mai i tenei rua tekau ma wha ra o Maehe i te tau o tou tatou Ariki 1857Receipt for £350. nga pauna moni E toru rau e rima tekau takitahi ko te utu tino whakaritenga tenei kua whakahuatia ki te pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utu mai kia matou e John Rogan mo te Kuini.

Na paraone Ngaweke.
Manukau Rewarewa.
Henare Rawiti.
Ceaine.
Pairama.

Translation.

1857. 24 March.Kaipara District.Know all men by these presents that on this twenty fourth (24) day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven (1857) We the under-signed aboriginal Native Chiefs and aboriginal Natives of New Zealand in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and fifty pounds once told (£350) to us paid by John Tatarariki. Rogan Esquire a District Commissioner on behalf of Queen Victoria (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) do and each of us doth hereby sell release and convey to Queen Victoria and Her Heirs the Kings or Queens who may succeed her, and her assigns all that piece of land named Tarariki situated at Te Wairoa. The boundary of Boundaries. [12,000 acres.] the land commences at the mouth of Te Kopuru and along the bank of Te Wairoa to the mouth of the Tarariki it runs thence in a westerly direction and ascends to Puketunoa, and on to the sea above Waihahihi thence in a northerly direction along the sea coast to Pari e tati and stretches on to the mouth of Te Kopuru where the boundaries meet, and all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging and all the right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of us and each of us therein or thereto, to hold the said land and appurtenances unto the Queen and her assigns for ever. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.

(Sd.) John Rogan,
Dist. Commr.

Timoti x.
Waiwhatawhata x.
Te Mare x.
Pumipi x.
Kereopa x.
Raniera x.
Pera Topatopa.
Tamati x.
Na Paraone Ngaweke.
Manukau Rewarewa.
Henare Rawiti.
Cearne.
Raumoa Manukau.
Horpmona x.
Meri x.
Te Tatana x.
Pehimana x.
Paratene Taupaihi x.
Perana x.
Enoka x.
Hakopa x.
Matiu Tuturua x.
Heta x.
Titoko x.
Kaiwaka x.
Taniora x.
Te Tana x.
Hemana x.
Tamati x.
Paratene x.
Eruera x.
Iraia x.
Nikora x.
Te Hawa x.
Piripi x.
Te Awe x.
Te Kepa.
Eramiha.
Hone Hihi.
Toko x.
Hirini x.
Te Matenga x.
Netana x.
Paramena x.
page 194 Heremaia x.
Kerepe x.
The Mark x of Paikea.
Wiremu Tipene.
Pairama.
Na Hori Tanga.
The Mark x of Makoare.
The Mark x of Hori Kingi.
The Mark x of Patoromu.
The Mark x of Wikiriwhe.
Tamati Reweti.
Karena x.
Paki x.
Reipuha x.
Mihaka.
Te Manihera.
Matiu x.
Taraipini x.
Hohaia x.
Kamariera x.
Paramena x.
Matikikuha x.
Hone Watarauhi x.
Hamahona x.
Kahi x.
Himiona x.
Matiria x.
Piripi x.
Te Atiwira x.
Hori Kepa x.
Rangitapiki x.
Reihana x.
Pita x.
Te Hira x.
Tame.
Tiraha x.
Henare x.
Te Nanihi x.
Epiha x.
Ihaia te Paenganui.

In the presence of—

(Signed) William Gittos, Wesleyan Missionary.
William White, Merchant.

Receipt for £350. Received on this day the twenty fourth of March in the year of our Lord 1857 the sum of Three hundred and fifty pounds once told £350 the full consideration money expressed in the above written Deed to be paid by John Rogan Esquire on behalf of the Queen to us.

Na Paraone Ngaweke.
Manukau Rewarewa.
Henare Rawiti.
Ceaine.
Pairama.

True Translation.

Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.

April 7, 1857.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, October 22nd, 1875.

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

[Deeds—No. 149.]

Tatarariki Block, Wairoa, Kaipara District.

Translation.