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

[Deeds—No. 16.]

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Deeds—No. 16.

Waiwhakaiho (Road through Reserve), Grey and Bell District.

Kia mohio nga tangata katoa ko matou ko nga Rangatira me nga Tangata Maori o1858. 6 November.Grey and Bell District. Ngamotu, e mau nei o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka e whakaae nei kia hoatu, kia tukua atu ki a Kuini Wikitoria, ki ona uri, ki nga Kingi, Kuini ranei, o muri iho i a ia,Waiwhakaiho Road. ake tonu atu, taua pihi o te wahi whenua i whakatapua mo matou i Waiwakaiho e Kawana Pitiroi i te tau, kotahi mano, e waru rau e wha tekau ma wha (1844) e mau nei te whakahaerenga o nga rohe ki raro iho nei, ko te ahua hoki o taua whenua kua oti te Mapi ki te taha o tenei pukapuka—ara, hei takotoranga huarahi taua whenua hei haerenga mo nga tangata me o ratou taonga.
A mo to matou whakaaetanga kia tino tukua rawatia tenei pihi o to matou whenua, e whakaae ano hoki te Kuini o Ingarani ara, te Kawana te Niu Tirini, kia utua matou i nga pauna moni, kotahi tekau ma whitu (£17) kua riro mai ki a matou aua moni i teneiReceipt for £17. ra, na Parete i homai.

Heoi kua riro tonu atu taua whenua mo te huarahi, kua mutu to matou take, me to matou panga me te panga ano hoki o o matou whanaunga, me o matou uri katoa ake tonu atu—kua waiho nei hoki hei whenua pumau tonu iho, mo te Kuini, mo ona uri, me nga Kingi, Kuini ranei, o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu—A he tohu mo te pono o tenei tukunga a matou mo matou tahi, me o matou whanaunga katoa, kua tuhia iho nei o matou ingoa, me o matou tohu ki tenei pukapuka, i tuhia ki Niu Paramata, i te ono (6) o nga ra o Nowema, i te tau o to tatou Ariki, kotahi mano, e waru rau, e rima tekau ma waru 1858.

Sd. Wi Te Ahoaho.
Sd. Wiremu Piti.
Sd. Ihakara.
Sd. Enoka tamaiti.
Sd. Hone Ropiha.

I tuhia i te aroaro o—

Sd. Tamati Tiraurau.
Sd. Robert Parris, Dist. Commr.
Sd. W. Halse, Commr. of Crown lands.

Translation.

Know all men that we the Chiefs and People of Ngamotu whose names are attached1858. 6 November.Grey and Bell District. to this Deed, hereby agree, to give and hand over to Queen Victoria and to her descendants the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever, that portion of the piece of land which was reserved for us at Waiwhakaiho by Governor FitzRoy, in the year oneWaiwhakaiho Road. thousand eight hundred and forty four (1844) a description of the boundaries of which appears below, and a plan of which land has been drawn in the margin of this Deed— that is, this land is for a line of road as a thoroughfare for people and their goods.
And in consideration of our consent to fully and finally cede this portion of our land, the Queen of England, that is to say, the Governor of New Zealand, also agrees to pay us the sum of Seventeen pounds (£17) which money we have this day received fromReceipt for £17. Mr. Parris.

This land has finally gone for a road, our title and our claim and the claim of our relations and descendants is done away with for ever—and it remains a lasting possession for the Queen and her descendants, and the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever. And in testimony of the truth of this conveyance by us for ourselves and all our relations we have subscribed our names and marks to this Deed written at New Plymouth on the sixth (6) day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred, and fifty eight 1858.

Sd. Wi Te Ahoaho.
Sd. Wiremu Piti.
Sd. Ihakara.
Sd. Enoka tamaiti.
Sd. Hone Ropiha.

Signed in presence of— Sd. Tamati Tiraurau.
Sd. Robert Parris, Dist. Commr.
Sd. W. Halse, Commr. of Crown lands.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, September 2nd, 1875.

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