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

[Deed Receipts—No. 50.]

Deed Receipts—No. 50.

Opopo Block (Waiheke Island), Auckland District.

1854. 10 July.Waiheke Island.Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te tekau (10) o nga ra o Hurai i te tau 1854 nga pauna moni kotahi nei rau (£100) ko tetahi wahi o nga utu mo to matou kainga ki Opopo. Waiheke.
Boundaries. Ka timata te rohe o aua whenua ki Opopo haere tonu i tatahi ki te awanui haere tonu te Onekura haere tonu Ngikiairangi haere tonu Waiiti ka ahu ki waho ki Purumangimangi ka ahu ki te taha ki te Marangai haere tonu Hoengaro haere tonu Waimai haere tonu Kotiroa haere tonu Onea haere tonu Taurangakawau haere tonu ki Waioma ka ahu ki uta ka timata te rohe ki te Tuaraki ka rere tonu ki runga ki te hiwi o Mairetahi ki te Totara haere tonu Ohaua haere tonu Omangimangi haere tonu Otaraua ka timata te rohe ki te taha hauauru ki Oparaoa haere tonu Ohata haere tonu ki tatahi ki Opopo.
Receipt for £100 (instalment). Kei te ruritanga ka whakatumautia nga utu e toe ake ana otira ekore e neke atu i nga rau e rua mo amua ake nei. No te rironga mai o enei moni kotahi nei rau ki a matou ka tuhituhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou whakaaetanga tapu.

Hori Pokai.
Na Ngakete.
Na Te Hiwinui.
Ngamare.

Nga Kai Titiro—

John White, Interpreter.
John P. Russell, Wairarapa.

Translation.

1854. 10 July.We have received on this (10th) day of July in the year 1854 the sum of one hundred pounds (£100) being an instalment for our land at Waiheke. The boundary commences Waiheke Island. at Opopo, thence along the beach to Te Awanui thence to Onekura Ngikiairangi, Waiiti Opopo. thence outwards to Purumangimangi, and turning in an Easterly direction to Hoengaro, Boundaries. Waimai, Kotoriroa, Onea, Taurangakawau, Waioma, where it turns inland and the Northern boundary commences, thence along the ridge of Mairitahi to Te Totara thence Receipt for £100 (instalment). to Ohaua, Omangimangi, Otaraua, the West boundary commences at Oparaoa thence to Ohata and down to the beach at Opopo. When the land has been surveyed the final amount of payment shall be agreed upon, but it shall not exceed the sum of Two hundred pounds more. On the receipt of these one hundred pounds we have hereunto affixed our names and solemn consent.

Hori Pokai.
Na Ngakete.
Na te Hiwinui.
Nga Mare.

Witnesses—

(Sd.) John White, Interpreter.
(Sd.) John P. Russell, Wairarapa.

True Translation.

D. Mclean, Chief Commissioner.

March 18, 1856.

A True Copy of Original Deed, Receipt, and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 21st, 1875.