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

[Deeds—No. 220.]

Deeds—No. 220.

Ohinerau Block (Northern Slope of Mount Hobson), Auckland District.

1851. 19 August.Auckland District.Ko te Tuhituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te ra kotahi tekau ma iwa o Akuhata i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano waru rau ma rima tekau ma tahi—ko te whakaaetanga o te Ohinerau. Kawau o te Tinana o te Keene o Te Hira mo Ngatiwhatua katoa—te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarangi mona, na ko te Kawau ko te Tinana, ko te Keene, ko Te Hira ko Ngatiwhatua katoa ko nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka Mount Hobson. na ka whakaae nei a Te Kawau, a te Tinana, a te Keene, a Te Hira—ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei utu mo nga pauna moni kotahi te rau ma rima tekau ka hoatu nei ki a matou nei kua oti nga ingoa te tuhituhi—no konei ka hoatu nei ka tuku atu nei kia Victoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki te Kingi Kuini ranei o muri i a ia Boundaries. ake ake ake, i taua whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei Kainga, ko ona rohe koia enei, ki te tuaraki ko te moana ara ko tetahi wahi o_Waitemata ko te kokoru ko Ohine Rau—ki te hauauru ke te Tiki—kua hokona kia Te Karaune—kua oti te ruri ko —Section No. 14—ki te kaha ki te tonga ko te huarahi nui e tika ana ki Tamaki—a ki te Marangai ko nga whenua o te tangata Maori te rohenga timata ana ki te tapahanga o te ara i Epihama ko te ara ki Tamaki a tika tonu ki tetahi rakau Manuka—a tika tonu ki te awa e puare ana ki Ohine Rau kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei.

Tirohia—

Kawaux.
Tinanax.
te Keene.
Te Hira.

I te aroaro o—

John Grant Johnson, Interpreter.
George F. Swainson, Asst. Surv.

Receipt for £150. Kua riro mai i a matou nga pauna moni (£150) kotahi te rau ma rima tekau—kua tuhituhia nei ki roto ki tenei pukapuka koia matou ka tuhituhi nei i a matou ingoa i tenei ra te tekau ma iwa o Akuhata i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano waru rau ma rima tekau ma tahi.

Kawaux.
Tinanax.
te Keene.
Te Hira.

I te aroaro o—

John Grant Johnson, Interpreter.
George F. Swainson, Asst. Survyr.

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Translation.

This Deed written on the 19th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1851 is an 1851. 19 August.Auckland District. Agreement between Kawau, Tinana, Keene, Hira and all Ngatiwhatua and the Queen of England whereby Kawau Tinana Keene Hira and all the Ngatiwhatua, the owners of the piece of land described in this Deed agree to sell the same to Queen Victoria Ohinerau. in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds sterling now received by us, Mount Hobson. see our signatures below, wherefore we give and deliver over to Queen Victoria her Heirs and Successors for ever the said piece of land and all that belongs to it bounded on Boundaries. the North by the Sea by the Waitemata, on the North East by the stream Ohinerau, on the West by the Tiki before sold to the Crown, surveyed and known as Section 14, on the South by the road leading to Tamaki, on the East by Native land, this boundary commences at the junction of the road from Epsom with the Tamaki road, goes straight to a manuka tree thence to the stream Ohinerau—the plan is drawn on the other side.

Witness our names—

(Sd.) Kawau.
Tinana.
Keene.
Hira.

In the presence of—

John Grant Johnson, Int.
George F. Swainson, Asst. Survr.

Receipt for £150. We have received one hundred and fifty pounds sterling as above mentioned, therefore we sign our names this nineteenth day of August in the year of Our Lord 1851.

[Signatures as above.]

True translation.

James Baber.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, September 11th, 1874.