Translation.
This Deed written on this eleventh day of April in the Year of our Lord 1864
is a full
1864. 11 April.Wairarapa District. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of
the Tribe Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth
that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing
this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever
transferred unto Victoria Queen of
Kopuaranga. England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and
Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Three Hundred Pounds
(£300) to us
Receipt for £300. paid by
Isaac Earl
Featherston 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——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 right 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
Commissioner is hereunto subscribed.
These are the boundaries of the Land Bounded towards the North by the
ParaBoundaries. [4,620 acres.] kihikatoa Stream. Towards the East and North East by Native Land. The
boundary running from the Parakihikatoa stream, by Kotewarewakonapatua, by
Paikokako, by Ko nga mahanga, by Te Rua Kuri, by Pukahu, by Taepakiekie, And
on to Ahiaruhi Towards the South by Crown Land, the Boundary running from
Ahiaruhi to Te Werakopae and on to the Kopuaranga river. Towards the West by
the Kopuaranga river. As the same is delineated on the plan upon the margin of
this Deed.
Wi Waka Kahukura.
Manihera Maka.
Ratima Maka.
Hanuere Korako.
Ko Ihaka te ao.
Ko Ara Rei x.
Ko Rititia
x.
Ko Wikiriwhi x.
Ko Maka x.
Ko Ihaka x.
Piripi x.
Renata x.
Paora Te ihu x.
Horomona Te Para x.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
James Hamlin,
Interpreter, N.L.P.D.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
February 3rd, 1876.