Opunga Block (Manawa Bay), Bay of Islands District.
This1836. 22 August.Bay of Islands District. Indenture made the Twenty-second day of August in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six Between Ware Rahi, Tupanapana, Pau and
Pokerehu Opunga. J. I. Montefiore. of Manawa Bay ia the Bay of Islands in the Island of New Zealand Native
Chiefs of the said Island of the one part and John Israel Boundaries. [343 acres.] Montefiore late of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales but now of Bay
of Islands in the Island of New Zealand aforesaid Merchant land Trader of the
other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of Twenty Pounds of Lawful
money of Great Britain and Ireland in hand paid by the said John Israel Montefiore
to the said Ware Rahi, Tupunapuna, Pau and Pokerehu at the time of the sealing and
delivery hereof the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Ware
Rahi, Tupanapana, Pau and Pokerehu Hath given and granted and by these presents Do
give and grant and confirm unto the said John Israel Montefiore and his heirs All
that piece or parcel of Land situated lying and being in Manawa Bay beginning at a
point of Land in Huruhe Bay (Tapeka bearing West by South from said point) and
ascending the ridge of hills in a Northerly and North-west direction to a point of
land called Te Whawharau including the whole Bay of Opunga and Kohu point with the
Island called Te Waha back to the point of land in Huruhe Bay. To Have and to hold
all and singular the same land hereditaments and premises together with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said John Israel Montefiore his heirs
and assigns for ever And the said Ware Rahi, Tupanapana, Pau and Pokerehu and
their heirs all and singular the said land hereditaments and premises with their
and every of their rights members and appurtenances unto him the said John Israel
Montefiore and his heirs against them the said Ware Rahi, Tupanapana, Pau and
Pokerehu and their heirs shall and will warrant and for ever defend by these
Presents In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have hereunto set their hands
and seals at Tapeka in the Bay of Islands in the Island aforesaid the day month
and year first before written.
Ko Warehi x. L.S.
Ko Tupanapana x. L.S.
Ko Pau. L.S.
Ko Pukerehu x. L.S.
Jno. I. Montefiore.
These signatures were made by Pau being the only one who
could write.
Signed sealed and delivered (no stamps being used and none to be obtained)
in the presence of—
Samuel Stephenson.
Henry P.
Drennan.
James Heggie.
John Blinkinsop.
James Leitch.
F.
P. Assollan.
Thos. Wing.
£20.
Receipt for £20. Received the day and year first within written of and from the within named
John Israel Montefiore the sum of Twenty Pounds being the consideration money
within expressed to be paid by him to us and being in full for the absolute
purchase of the land and premises within particularly mentioned and described.
Witness—
E rua tekau pauna.
Ko Pau.
S. Stephenson, H. P. Drennan,
James
Heggie, John Blinkinsop, James
Leitch, F. P.
Assollan, Thos.
Wing.
page 151 Be it remembered that on the day and
year first within written peaceable and quiet possession and full seizin of the
piece or parcel of ground land hereditaments and premises within mentioned to be
granted and enfeoffed by the within named John Israel Montefiore and his heirs and
assigns were openly had and taken by the within named Ware Rahi, Tupanapana, Pau
and Pokerehu, and were by them delivered to the said John Israel Montefiore his
heirs and assigns according to the purport and true intent and meaning of the
within written Indenture in the presence of us whose names are hereunto subscribed
as witnesses thereto.
Wara Rahi x.
Pau.
Pokerehu x.
Tupanapana. x.
In the presence of—
S. Stephenson.
H. P. Drennan.
James Heggie.
John
Blinkinsop.
James Leitch
F. P. Assollan.
Thos. Wing.
Produced before the Court of Claims at Russell, New Zealand,
25th January, 1841.
F. Fisher.
Edward L. Godfrey.
M. Richmond.