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

[Deeds—No. 174.]

Deeds—No. 174.

Kahutara Bush Block, Wairarapa District.

Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei Twenty second o nga ra o January i te tau o to tatou1863. 22 January.Wairarapa District. Ariki 1863 he pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o——no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu teneiKahutara Bush. pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni £200. Kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Petatone (Isaac Earl Featherston) mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) Ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Wairarapa "Kahutara Bush Block" te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Petatone (Isaac Earl Featherston) Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua keiBoundaries. te taha whaka——ko te whenua ko Kuhutara, kua oti te tuhi ki te mapi o mau nei kei tenei pukapuka tuku whenua timata ana ki Ngakokako, rere ana ki Putere, ki Ahitumanawa, ki Rurupopo. Kei te taha whaka——ko te whenua maori, ko te Rohe o taua page 372whenua ka timata ki Rurupopo—ka rere ki Tauranga koau. Kei te taha whaka——Ko te Whakawhiriwhiri rere tonu ki Kokopu—Aimoana ki uta o Ruamahanga ki Papangawha Tarehu—Papatira. Kei te taha whaka——ko Papatira mau noa ki te Kowhai mau noa ko tona mutunga ko nga Kokako.

I. E. Featherston.
Na Te Petatone.
Na Wi Tutere.
Na Te Manihera.
Ko Kingi nga Tuere x his mark.

Ko nga tangata i kite i te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

Samuel Deighton, Interpreter.

Receipt for £200. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te Twenty second—o nga ra o January. i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau e ono tekau ma——(1863) nga Pauna moni ——(£200), ko te utu tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Te Petatone (Isaac Earl Featherston) mo te Kuini.

Na Te Manihera.
Na Wi Ho. Tutere.
Ko Kingi Ngatuere x his mark.

Nga Kai-titiro——
Samuel Deighton, Interpreter.

Translation.

1863. 22 January.Wairarapa District.This Deed written on this Twenty second of January in the Year of our Lord 1863, is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe of——whose names are hereunto subscribed. And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shiningKahutara Bush. sun of this day, parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Two hundred pounds sterling (£200) to us paid by Donald McLean on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Wairarapa and named Kahutara bush block the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto, with its trees, minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our rights title claim and interest whatsoever thereon. To Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of Isaac Earl Featherston Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are theBoundaries. boundaries of the land on the West by the Kahutara block as laid down in the plan commencing at Ngakokako running——to Putere to Ahitumauawa to Rurupopo; on the North by Native land by a line running from Rurupopo to Tauranga koau on the East by the Wakawhiriwhiri stream to Kokopu to Aimoana leaves the Ruamahanga to and goes on to Papangawha and on to Tarehu from thence to Papatira on the South from Papatira to Te Kowhai from there to its junction of the boundaries with Ngakokako.

I. E. Featherston.

Receipt for £200. Received this Twenty second day of January, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty three (1863) the sum of Two Hundred Pounds sterling (£200) being the full consideration money expressed in the above written deed to be paid by Isaac Earl Featherston on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 4th, 1876.