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

[Deeds—No. 169.]

Deeds—No. 169.

Makara Block, Wairarapa District.

1862. 17 January.Wairarapa District.Tenei Pukapuka whakaotinga tuku whenua e tuhituhia i tenei ra i te kotahi tekau ma whitu o nga ra o Hanuero 1862 he pukapuka tino wakaae pono na matou na nga Rangatira me nga tangata o Ngatikahungunu e mau nei nga ingoa ki tenei pukapukaMakara. kia tino tukua rawatia tenei wahi o to matou kainga ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani, ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.

A mo to matou whakaaetanga kia tino tukua rawatia tenei wahi o to matou kainga

Received cash—
16 Jan., 1856	£60
13 Jan., 1860	20
	£80

e wakaae ana hoki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani mona kia utua matou ki nga Pauna moni E wha rau takitahi (£400) E ono tekau Pauna o aua moni i riro mai i te 16 o Hanuere 1856. E rua tekau Pauna no te 13 o Hanuere 1860 riro mai ai.

Ka timata te rohe o taua whenua ki Kiwi hoire, ka rere ki Taupukakaho, ka rere ki Kakati rere tonu ki te Kakati o te whenua, a Tokeamatua a te Waihaunga ka rere kiBoundaries. Ngahape, a Ohineterata a Wakatataranui, ka rere ki te Ahi a mahaki tauha, ka rere ki Tauhou a Tarewa a te Itu, ikonei ka rere ki Ruataniwha ka haere ki te Puninga rere tonu ki Makara haere tonu i roto i te awa o Makara puta noa ki Kiwi hoire, heoi ko enei rohe e tutaki ana i tetahi taha ki te pihi whenua o Awhea, i tetahi taha ki te pihi o Puhangina.

Ramapaku Reserve. [100 acres.] Kotahi te pihi whenua i roto i enei rohe ma matou ano he piko i roto i Makara ko te Ramapaku te ingoa ko te piko anake a ekore e nui atu i te kotahi rau eka.

Heoi kua oti i a matou te tino tuku rawa i tenei kainga o a matou tupuna tuku iho ki a matou, i tenei ra e whiti nei, hei kainga pumau tonu iho ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.

Koia ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

Hemi te Miha.
Nikorima te Marutunax his mark.
Heremaia Tamaihotua.

Witnesses—

Malcolm Fraser, Surveyor, N.L.P.D.
Fdmond Anderson, Surveyor.

Receipt for £320. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te kotahi tekau ma whitu o nga ra o Hanuere 1862 Na te Makarini i homai nga Pauna moni E toru rau, e rua tekau, ko te utunga tino whakaotinga tenei mo tenei whenua, Mo Makara.

Hemi te Miha.
Nikorima te Marutunax his mark.
Heremaia Tamaihotua.

Witnesses—

Malcolm Fraser, Surveyor, N.L.P.D.
Edmond Anderson, Surveyor.

Translation.

1862. 17 January.Wairarapa District.This Deed being the completion of a cession of land written on this day the seventeenth of January 1862 is a deed of the full and true consent of us the Chiefs and people of Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto affixed to entirely cede this portion of our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens her successors forMakara. ever.

And in consideration of our consent to entirely give up this portion of our

Received cash—
16 Jan., 1856	£60
13 Jan., 1860	20
	£80

land Victoria the Queen of England on her part consents to pay us a sum of Four hundred Pounds £400 Sixty pounds of this sum was received by us on the 16 of January 1856 and Twenty pounds was received by us on the 13th January 1860.

The Boundaries of this land commence at Kiwihoire thence on to Taupu, thence to the "Kakati o te Whenua" "Tokeamatua," the Waihaunga, thence to Ngahape,Boundaries. Ohineterata, Wakatataranui, thence to the "Ahi a Mahakitauha" thence to the "Tauhou a Tarewa," Te Itu thence to the "Ruataniwha," the Puninga, thence into the Makara, and down the Makara river to Kiwihoire. These boundaries on one side are the boundaries of the Awhea Block and on the other of the Puhangina Block.

Ramapaku Reserve. [100 acres.] One piece of this land within the boundaries is for ourselves, a bend in the Makara river named the "Ramapaku," the bend only (of the River) not to exceed one hundred acres. Now we have for ever given up this land of ours inherited from our ancestors on this day now passing away as a sure and firm inheritance for Victoria the Queen of page 367

England to the Kings and Queens her successors for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent we hereunto sign our names and marks.

Hemi te Miha.
Nikorima te Marutuna x his mark.
Heremaia Tamaihotua.

Witnesses—

Malcolm Fraser, Surveyor, N.L.P.D.
Edmond Anderson, Surveyor.

We have received on this day the seventeenth (17) of January 1862, paid to us byReceipt for £320. D. McLean Esqre. the sum of Three hundred and twenty pounds, this is the final and conclusive payment for this land for Makara.

Hemi te Miha.
Nikorima te Marutuna x his mark.
Heremaia Tamaihotua.

Witnesses—

Malcolm Fraser, Surveyor, N.L.P.D.
Edmond Anderson, Surveyor.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington January 17th, 1876.

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

[Deeds—No. 169.]

Translation.