Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 4 Block (Lien), Manawatu District.
1873. 22 April.Manawatu District. This Deed made the twenty-second day of April One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three Between Her Majesty the Queen of the one part and Reweti te
Kohu,
Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 4. Deed of lien. Tohutohu, Tamihana Whareakaka, Pine Whareakaka, Wiremu Taha, Akapita,
Tahita Ngita, Peia Poriki te Mahi Tohutohu, Haimona te Kohu, Karehana te Whena,
Parakipane te Kohu, Ihaka Paha, Kipihana Riki Tuangahuru Whanganui Pitini Turoa,
Watene te Punga, Kerehona Haruru, Watene Whena, Horomona, te Whena, Taurewa te
Punga, Hapimana Waiteti, Muera te Naku Hapurona Rongorahi, Karepa Tehu, Mohi
Kaipuha, Makuini Karepa, Wiremu te Kohu, Hapimana Waiteti Ihaka Ngapari, and
Iharaira Hapimana Aboriginal Natives of New Zealand (styled "the Partial
Vendors") of the other part Whereas the Partial Vendors are or some or one of
them is entitled to the parcel or block of Land described in the Schedule hereto
in whole or in part And whereas the Partial Vendors have contracted with his
honor William Fitzherbert Esquire Superintendent of the Province of Wellington
acting on this behalf for and on account of Her Majesty the Queen that the said
Superintendent shall make advances of money and goods to the Partial Vendors and
as they may direct to be paid for and repaid respectively whenever such land
shall be sold or allowed as part of the purchase money thereof in case the said
William Fitzherbert or his
successors Superintendents as aforesaid shall on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen
become the purchaser or purchasers thereof And whereas there has already been so
advanced money or goods or both to the amount of One hundred and fourteen pounds
thirteen shillings and sixpence Now these presents witness that in consideration
of the sum of two hundred and forty-three pounds thirteen shillings and sixpence
by Her Majesty
Receipt for £243 . 13 . 6. the Queen in manner aforesaid at or before the execution of these
presents to the Partial Vendors paid and advanced (the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged) They the Partial Vendors do and each of them doth hereby convey
and assure and surrender unto Her Majesty the Queen her successors and assigns
All the right title and interest of the Partial Vendors and each and every of
them of in to or out of All that the piece or parcel or block of land in the
Province of Wellington and Colony of New Zealand more particularly described in
the Schedule hereunto and delineated in the plan drawn hereon Together with all
and singular commons and rights of common mines minerals furzes trees woods
underwoods and the ground and soil thereof mounds fences hedges ditches ways
waters water-courses streams fishings fisheries fowlings surface rights of shore
and foreshore (if any) And all and singular other the appurtenances whatsoever
thereunto belonging thereunto or appertaining To the intent that the same land
mines and appurtenances may henceforth be and continue unto Her Majesty the
Queen her successors and assigns As a security for the said sum of Two hundred
and forty-three pounds thirteen shillings and sixpence And all other sums and
sum of money or the price or prices of goods on the behalf of Her Majesty the
Queen to be hereafter paid or delivered to the partial vendors or any or either
of them or to any person or persons at their request. In Witness Whereof the
said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands.
The Schedule referred to in the foregoing Deed.
Boundaries. [12,670 acres.] All those portions of land containing by estimation Twelve thousand six
hundred and seventy (12670) acres in the whole and being subdivisions a, c and d
of Manawatu-Kukutauaki Block No. 4 bounded on the North by Manawatu-Kukutauaki
Block No. 6 on the East by the Tararua Ranges on the South by Native land, and
on the West by the sea coast, as the same is shewn on the plan drawn hereon.
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Reweti te Kohu x his mark.
. Tamihana Whareakaka.
Pini
Whareakaka x his mark.
Wiremu Taha x his mark.
Akapita
Tahitangata.
Peia Pariki x his mark.
Te Mahi Tohutohu x By her
husband Tohutohu.
Haimona te Kohu x his mark.
Karehana te
Whena.
Paraki Pane te Kohu x his mark.
Ihaka Paha x his mark.
Kipihana Riki x his mark.
Pitini Turoa.
Kerehona Haruru.
Watene
te Punga x his mark.
Watene Te Whena.
Horomona te Whena.
Taurewa te Punga x his mark.
Hopimana Wai teti.
Muera te Naku x his
mark.
Hapurona Rongorahi x his mark.
Karepa Tehu x his mark.
Mohi Kaipuha x his mark.
Makuini Karepa x her mark.
Wiremu te Kohu x
his mark.
Hapimana Waitete x his mark.
Ihaka Ngapari x marked by his
Tuangahuru Whanganui x his mark.
Iharaira Hapimana x his mark.
son
Ihaka Paha.
Signed by the said Reweti to Kohu, Tamihana Whareakaka, Akapita
Tahitangata Karehana te Whena Pitini Turoa Kerehana Haruru, Watene Whena,
Horomona te Whena, and by Hapimana Waitete in their own proper handwriting and
by Tohutohu Pine Whareakaka Wiramu Taha Peia Poriki, Te Mahi Tohutohu by her
husband Tohutohu Haimona te Kohu Parakeipane te Kohu Ihaka Paha, Kipihana Riki
Tuangahuru Whanganui Watene te Punga Taurewa te Punga, Muera te Naku Hapurona
Rongorahi Karepa Tehu Mohi Kaipuha Makuini Karepa Wiremu te Kohu Hapimana
Waitete Ihakaka Ngapari by his son Ihaka Paha and Iharaira Hapimana by making
their marks hereto the same having been previously read over and explained to
them, and they stating that they perfectly understood the same in the presence
of us—
James Grindell, of Wellington,
Licensed Native Interpreter, and James Thomson, of Foxton, Manawatu, Licensed
Surveyor.