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

[Deeds—No. 11.]

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Deeds—No. 11.

Native Gift of School Land (To Bishop Of Waiapu) at Waehengahika, Poverty Bay.

Kiarongo mai nga tangata katoa He tuku tenei na matou na Te Whanair a Taupara 1857. 9 April.Poverty Bay District. i te whenua e korerotia i raro nei ko tona ahua hoki e noho nei kua oti te ruri te tuhituhi ki tenei pukapuka ki te Kuini o Ingarani kia whakapumautia ai e ia ki te Waerengahika. Pihopa o tenei wahi a Nu Tireni ki te Minita o Waerengahika ki te Kai whakaako maori o Waerengahika ki etahi atu hoki o nga tangata maori o te Whanau a Taupara kia tokorua kia maha atu ranei kia puritia kia tiakina e ratou hei kainga pumau mo te minita mo te Kura o nga tangata maori i runga i te tikanga o te Hahi o Ingarani. Na ko nga kaha enei o te kainga kei HuriMtahawai ka tika atu ki Otarewa me te motu Boundaries. ngahere ka ngaro mai ki roto otira ko nga rakau anake ka tika atu i te taha o te wai o Makakahi ka haereki te Umuinanga kiTutaenui ka tika ki te Kahika kotahi ki Motumanawawai ka haere ki te Mataaniho kei konei te poupoutanga mai ki Hurikitahawai.

No te iwa o nga ra 0 Aperira no te tau kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma whitu i tuhituhia ai tenei pukapuka i tuhituhia ki Waerengahika.

Tenei hold o matou ingoa e noho nei.
Henare Kepa-Ruru.
Na Wi Hearonga,
na Hamiora Matenga.
mo te ngo u tatata.
Hirini Wai ariki.
Poi hipi te;pohe.
Hohua papa hiwa.
ti moti ra ngi atea.
Riria;te mau aranui
Wi harapata.
Pa Paora Matuakore.
Manahi komiro x.
Raharuhi haua i tuhia e riria.
Katarina taiuru.

I kitea te tuhituhinga o enei ingoa e maua—

William Williams.
William Leonard Williams.

I kitea e maua te tuhituhinga o te ingoa o Wi Harapata—

William Leonard Williams.
Charles P. Baker.

The signatures to this Deed have been acknowledged to me by the individualsCertificate. whose names are thereto—the words.—"otira ko nga rakau anake having been first inserted in the twenty second line at their request this twelfth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.

Herbert s. Wardell.

Endorsement.

Hekape tenei no matou i tetahi wahi o nga korero ko, oti te 1859. 13 November. tuhituhi ki tua nei ara i te wahi e mea nei kia whaka pumautia ai e ia ki te Pihopa o tenei wahi o Nu Tireni ki te minita o Waerengahika ki te kaiwhakaako maori o Waerengahika ki etahi. atu hoki o nga tangata maori o te Whanau a Taupara kia tokorua kia maha atu ranei kia puritia kia tiakina e ratou hei kainga pumau mo te minita mo te kura o nga tangata Maori i runga i te tikanga o te Hahi o Ingarani.
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He whakakapi mo tenei me tuhi ko enei kupu e takoto nei ara kia whakapumautia ai e ia ki a Wiremu Pihopa o Waiapu ki nga Pihopa hoki o tenei wahi o Nu Tireni i muri i a ia kia puritia kia tiakina e ia hei kainga pumau mo nga minita mo te Kura o nga tangata Maori i runga i te tikanga o te Hahi o Ingarani o Aearani kia tukua atu ai hoki e ia taua wahi ina rite nga mea e tika ai tana tuku ki etahi tangata e whakaritea hei kai tiaki e te Runanga Nui o te Hahi o Ingarani o Aearani i Nu Tireni e nga tangata ranei kei a ratou nei te mana o taua Runanga kia puritia kia tiakina e ratou hei pera me te mea kua oti te tuhituhi ki runga ake nei. Ko etahi o nga kai tiaki hei te Whanau a Taupara.

Tenei hoko o matou ingoa e noho nei no te rua tekau ma toru o nga ra o Nowema no te tau kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma iwa i tuhituhia ai ki Waerengahika.

Paora Matuakore.
Wi pere Harapata.
Matenga ru ta toti.
Poihipi te rohe.
Hoera Whakamiha.
Hohaia titapu.
Pita Te Huhu.
Tamihana Kapekaanga.
Teteira Kupa.
Henare Kepa Ruru.
Haronga.

I kitea e maua te tuhituhinga o enei ingoa—

William Waiapu.
William Leonard Williams.

Translation.

1857. 9 April.Poverty Bay District.Hearken all people. This is a giving up by us the family of Taupara of the land hereinafter described the plan whereof is shewn hereon to the Queen of England so that she may Grant it to the Bishop of this part of New Zealand to the Minister of Waerengahika to the Maori teacher of Waerengahika and to other Maoris of the family of Tuapara two or more in number to be kept and looked after by them as a permanent Waerengahika. place of residence for the Minister and a place for the Maori school to be conducted Boundaries. in accordance with the rules of the Church of England. Now, these are the boundaries of the place: Hurikitahawai thence to Otarewa including the bush but only that portion of it along the bank of Makakahi thence to Te Umuinanga to Tutaenui thence to a solitary Kahika at Motumanawai thence to Te Mataaniho thence it is marked off to Huritahawai.

Dated at Waerengahika the 9th day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.

Here follow our names.

Certificate.

[Signatures.]

[Witnesses.]

[Vide Maori Deed.]

Endorsement.

1859. 23 November. This is a withdrawal by us of some of the words written on the back hereof that is to say that portion where it states: "She may Grant it to the Bishop of this portion of New Zealand to the Minister of Waerengahika to the Native teacher of Waerengahika and to other Maoris of the family of Taupara two or more in number to be kept and looked after by them as a permanent place of residence for the Minister and as a place for the Maori school to be conducted in accordance with the rules of the Church of England." In lieu thereof these words should be inserted: That she may Grant it to William, Bishop of Waiapu and to the Bishops of this portion of New Zealand who may succeed him to be kept and looked after by him as a permanent place of residence for the Ministers and a place for the school for the Maoris to be conducted in accordance with the rules of the Church of England and Ireland that he may hand it over when the matters are done which will justify him in doing so to some persons to be appointed as Trustees by the General Synod of the Church of England & Ireland in New Zealand or persons appointed under the authority of the said Synod to keep and look after it (the land) according to the provisions above set forth. Some of the Trustees are to be of the family of Taupara.

We have hereunto affixed our names this twenty third day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine at Waerengahika.

[Signatures.]

[Witnesses.]
Correct Translation.

T. E. Young,
Translator, Native Department.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, September 29th, 1874.

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