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Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

(Enclosure No. 9.) — Release from the Kaiwarawara Natives to the New Zealand Company

(Enclosure No. 9.)
Release from the Kaiwarawara Natives to the New Zealand Company.

Kua homai ki a matou i te 26 o nga ra o Maehe i te tau 1844 e nga Kai Wakariterite o 1844. 26 March.Port Nicholson. te Whakaminenga o Nui Tireni i Ranana, he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiri (William Wakefield) e te Kai mahi o taua wakaminenga Wa Tekau nga Pauna moni, he tino Receipt for £40. utunga he tino wakaritenga, he wakamahuetanga rawatanga i to matou papa katoa i o matou wahi katoa, i roto i o matou wenua katoa kua tuhituhia ki roto i te pukapuka kua wakapiria ki tenei nei, ara ko nga wahi katoa i Poneke, i nga wahi patata ki Poneke i Nui Tireni: ko nga Pa ia ko nga Ngakinga ko nga Wahi Tapu ko nga Wahi Rongoa anake e toe ki a matou, a ka wakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku wenua a muri nei me e kiia mai kia tuhia ki nga Kai Wakariterite o taua Wakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i aua wenua. Heoti ano nga wahi e waiho mo matou, ko nga wahi anake kua korerotia ra i mua.

Noa Wakakeko tana x tohu.
Aperahama Rawi tana x tonu.
Taringa Kuri tana x tohu.

On behalf of the remaining Natives of Kaiwarawara—

George Clarke, Junior,
Protector of Aborigines.

Ko nga ingoa enei o nga Kai Titiro i te tuhinga i enei Ingoa—
Willm. Spain, Commissioner.
George Clarke, Junior, Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith,
Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Commissioner's Court.

[Copy of Schedule in Enclosure No. 4 was affixed to this Deed.—H. H. T.]