Pataua Block, Parua, Whangarei District.
Be it remembered that on this day May the twenty-first one thousand eight hundred
1839. 21 May.Whangarei District.and thirty-nine, We the undersigned Chieftains in New Zealand do hereby
bargain and sell unto Thomas Black and William Green a certain tract of Land
situated near Cape Pataua.Bream and known by the names of Patu Patu, Koko Waiti and Koweuteu and also
Black and Green.including the Tau Kianga for and in consideration of certain payment
(herein after described) given unto Us the said Chieftains by the said Thomas
Black and William Green as full value of said Tract of Land with all Timber Trees
growing or laying thereon right of Soil and Waters belonging thereunto And We the
said Chieftains further covenant agree and bind ourselves try this Deed to give up
immediately and for ever unto the said Thomas Black and William Green their heirs
or assigns all claim right title and priviledge unto the said Tract of Land
together with all its properties appertaining thereunto unto the said Thomas Black
and William Green their heirs or assigns said Tract of Land being bounded on the
South by Tiharuru river; on the West Boundaries. [5,000 acres.]by a Woody range named Puku Tutu; on the North by the river Horahora and on
the East by the Sea.
Payment viz. In English; 5 Dble. brl. Guns, 4 Fowling Pieces, 11 prs. Blankets, 3
ps. Print, Cash £50, 1 cask Tobacco, 2½ doz. Shirts, 2½ doz. Trowsers, 10 Iron
pots, 10 spades, 22 Tomakawks, 10 Casks Powder, 1 bag Shot, 1 Horse, 1 Fowling
Piece, 2 Blankets, 4 Coats, 2 Fowling Pieces, 6 prs. Blankets, 2 Coats, 1 bag
Shot, l doz. Shirts, 6 prs. Trowsers, 10 lbs. Tobacco. In Maori; 5 ng. Tupera,.4
ng Hakeman, 11 topa ng. Prankete, 3 ps. Perint, £50 ng. Pouna, 1 kahu Tupeka, 30
ng. Hate, 30 ng. Trosere, 10 ng. Kohua, 10 ng. Houa, 22 ng. Patiti, 10 ng. Kahu
Paura, 1 Hota, 1 Kohua, 12 Hirte, Kotaha Pu Hakeman, 6 Trowsers, Kotaha Pu
Hakeman, 10 lbs. Tupeca, Karua Paraukete, Kau no kate, Kotaha Pu Hakeman, 12
Paraukete, Erua na Kote, Kotahi Peg Haote.
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In witness whereof We the said Chieftains hereby acknowledge the receipt of the
above mentioned Payments being in full of all demands for said Tract of Land.
Receipt for cash and goods.This Deed further Witnesseth that We the said Chieftains have on the day
and year first above written affixed our Signatures and Nga Moko.
Taiata x his mark.
Haimana x his mark.
Pumuka x his mark.
Kapatai x his mark.
In presence of—
Henry Dighton.
Edmund Wiseman Cooke.
True Copy.
Henry Kemp.