Kororareka Beach (Land. on), Bay of Islands District.
Memorandum of an Assignment made and entered into this
twenty-ninth day of 1827. 29 December.Bay of Islands District. December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
twenty-seven, Witnesseth that Kivie Kivie a Chief of Korroradika in New Zealand
for a consideration Kororareka Beach. already received doth make over and confirm to John Johnson now residing
at Korroradika his heirs and assigns for ever a certain portion of land situate at
Korroradika as John Johnson. aforesaid and bounded in manner following that is to say in length along
the Beach at Boundaries. low water mark in a North and South direction (as measured from a line of
One [2 acres.] hundred and sixty eight feet in length and drawn from a certain Tapu post
and passing the end of a certain sawpit to the low water mark) for a distance of
One hundred and eighty feet, and the said land is also bounded in an East and West
direction by a line drawn at right angles from the said low water mark and
extending up the hill for a distance of Six hundred feet, and the said land is
further bounded by the lands on the South side of Maianga commonly called King
Charley, and on the North by the lands of Wari Umu commonly called King George.
And the consideration mentioned above as haying been received by the said Kivie
Kivie and for which he grants the above mentioned land is noted on the other side
at the foot of this Agreement. In Witness whereof the said Kivie Kivie has set his
hand at Kororadika the day and year first written.
Kivie Kivie his x mark.
Witness—
Sd. John McLean.
John Matthews.