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

[Deeds—No. 237.]

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Deeds—No. 237.

Omaru Block, Waiheke (Ngatipaoa Claims); Auckland District.

Tenei pukapuka tuku whenua i tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i te tekau ma waru (18) o nga 1854. 18 May. ra o Mei i te tau o to tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau o rima tekau ma wha (1854) Auckland Distkict. He pukapuka tino whakaae pono na matou na nga rangatira me nga tangata o Omaru, Island of Waiheke. Ngati-page 294paoa kia tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou kainga ki Waiheke kia Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarinr ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.
Boundaries Nga rohe o te whenua ka timata te rohe o te Hanauru ki Taungamata ka rere ki uta ki te Rakiwhau haere tonu ki Wakataupoho ka ahu waka-te-marangai ki raro o nga Tuturu te rohe ka ahu waka tatahi te rohe ka nga runga mai o Maunganui ka heke ki, te Uruti ka witi i te awa o te Rakiwhau ka piki i reira i runga i te hiwi ka heke iho i taua hiw rere tika tonu ki Opuhi ka tae ki reira ka ahu waka-te-moana ki Taungamata.

Heoi kua oti rawa i a matou tenei wahi o to matou kainga te tino tuku i tenei ra e whiti nei me ona awa me ona rakau me ona wai me ona kohatu me ona otaota ma ona wahi pai me ona wahi kino me nga mea katoa ki runga ranei o taua whenua ki raro ranei o te whenua kia Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.

A mo to matou wakaaetanga tapu ki tenei tikanga e wakaae ana a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini mona kia utua matou ki nga Pauna moni e rua rau takitahi £200. Receipt for £100, first instalment Kotahi rau £100 o aua moni kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra na te Makarini i homai Kotahi rau £100 o aua moni ka homai kia matou ana oti te ruri te wakahaere o nga rohe o taua whenua.

A mo to matou wakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa.

Hori Kingi Pokai Ruinga.
Na te Hiwinui Te Rangi

Nga kai Titiro ki enei homaitanga utu me enei tuhinga ingoa—

H. T. Kemp, J.P.

Auckland

John P. Russell, Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.

Alfred A. M. McKellar, Settler, New Plymouth

John Grant Johnson, J.P.,

Auckland

Translation.

1854. 18 May.This Deed written on this eighteenth (18) day of May in the year of Our Lord One Omaru, Island of Waiheke. thousand eight hundred and fifty four (1854) is a paper of the full consent of us the Chiefs and freemen of the Ngatipaoa tribe to transfer for ever a certain portion of our land at Waiheke to Victoria the Queen of England to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever.
Boundaries The boundaries of the Land. The boundary commences on the west at Taungamata thence inland to Rakiwhau thence to Wakataupoho thence in an easterly direction to the lower side of Ngatuturu thence along the beach and above Maunganui to the Uruti thence crossing the Rakiwhau stream it ascends the ridge and descends proceeding onwards in a direct line to Opuhi on reaching which it turns seaward for Taungamata.

Now we have for ever given up this portion of our land under the shining sun of this day with its streams timber waters minerals grass with its fertile spots and barren places and all whatsoever above or below the surface appertaining to the said land to Victoria the Queen of England or to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever.

And in consideration of our consent to all the particulars of this Deed Victoria the Receipt for £100, first instalment Queen of England consents on her part to pay us the sum of Two hundred pounds once told One hundred pounds (£100) of these monies have been received by us on this day from Mr. McLean. One hundred pounds (£100) will be paid to us when the land has been surveyed and the boundaries perambulated.

And in testimony of our consent to all the particulars of this Deed we hereunto sign our names.

(Signed) Hori Kingi Pokai Ruinga.
Na te Hiwini te Rangi.

Witnesses to the payment of these monies and the signing of these names—

(Sd.) H. T. Kemp, J.P.,

Auckland

John P. Russell, Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa

Alfred A. M. McKellar, Settler, New Plymouth

John Grant Johnson, J.P.,

Auckland

True Translation.

Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner

18th March, 1856

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H Hanson Turton

Wellington, September 4th, 1874.

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