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

[Deeds—No. 210.]

Deeds—No. 210.

Motutapu, Motuhurakina, and Otata Islands, Auckland District.

1844. 11 January.Auckland District.Kia mohio nga tangata katoa e kite nei i tenei pukapuka, na, na matou na te Irirangi he rangatira no Nga ti waretuoi na te Haua, na te Waru, he rangatira no Ngatiterau Motutapu, Motuhurakina, And Otata Islands. Na Mata he rangatira no Nga ti Paoa na Pouroto he rangatira no Ngatihura na Ngatai he rangatira no Ngatipaoa, I mea kia tukua kia hokona rawatia kia Tame Kohe aua Conveyance to James Maxwell. motu ko Otata, ko Motu Tapu, ko Motu Hurakina, ko Motu Horopapa e tu ana ki te moana e huaina ana ko te Rapu mana mo ana tamariki hoki kia ngakia ranei kia hokona atu ranei kia ahatia ranei ake ake ake a ko nga utu enei kua riro mai kia Consideration given. matou i a Tame Matakohe mo aua motu kotahi tekau nga kaho e wa tupara e warn tekau paraekete kotahi pouaka pu maori ono koroka e rua tekau hamani e rima potae e rima tarautete mangu e rima pihi kaone e rima horo Na tirohia nei o matou tohu i te tahi tekau ma tahi o nga ra o Hanuere, 11. January. Ko nga ingoa enei o nga motu ka utua nei e Tame Kohe Ko Motu Tapu Ko Motu Hurakina Ko Otata Ko nga utu enei mo aua motu ka homai e Tame Kohe kia matou e wa nga tupara Ko Motu Horopapa.

x te Irirangi.
x te Haua.
x te Waru.
Mata.
Pouroto.
Ngatai.

Ko nga kai titiro—

Ko te tohu o Turerehu.
te makuru.
Ngawaka.
R. A. Fairburn.
James Campbell.

Translation.

1844. 11 January.Auckland Dristrict.Know all men who may see this Deed, that we, te Irirangi, a chief of Ngatiwaretuoi, te Haua, te Waru, chiefs of Ngatiterau, Mata a chief of Ngatipaoa, Pouroto, a chief of Ngatihura, Ngatai, a chief of Ngatipaoa, agree to give over and sell entirely to James Motutapu, Motuhurakina, And Otata Islands. Maxwell, those Islands, called Otata, Motutapu, Motuhurakina, Motuhoropapa, which are situated in the sea called te Rapu, for him for his children also, to be cultivated, or to be sold, or to be put to any other use, for ever and ever and this is the consideration Conveyance to James Maxwell. that we have received from James Maxwell for those Islands namely: Ten casks, four double barrelled guns, eighty blankets, one box of flint muskets, six cloaks, twenty cartouch boxes, five hats, five pairs of black trousers five gown pieces, five shawls. See our marks on this eleventh day of January. 11th January. These are the names of the Islands that are being bought by James Maxwell, Motutapu, Motuhurakina, Otata, Consideration given. Motuhoropapa. This is the consideration that is given to us by James Maxwell for those Islands—Four double barrelled guns.

(Signed) x te Irirangi.
x te Hana.
x te Waru.
Mata.
Pouroto.
Ngatai.

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Witnesses—

(Sd.) The mark of Turerehu.
te makuru.
Ngawaka.
R. A. Fairburn.
James Campbell.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, August 12th, 1875.