Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

Kotoretoto, Aotea, West Coast. — Free Grant of School Land to the Reverend Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions

Kotoretoto, Aotea, West Coast.
Free Grant of School Land to the Reverend Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions
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Ko

te tuhituhinga

o tenei pukapuka i te ra rua tekau ma rima o Hanueri i te tau o

1854. 25 January. Aotra.

to tatou Ariki, kotahi mano, e waru rau, e rima tekau ma wa, te

whakaaetang

o etahi o nga Rangatira o Aotea, te whakaaetanga ano hoki o

Kotoretoto.

Te Kuini o

Igarani

; Na, Ko Aperahama Te Karu, ko Hakopa Te Matera, ko Hakaraia Te Raku, ko Pehimana Takarangi, ko Herietara Paihua, ko Hakopa / Arakari, ko Te Waterauihi, ko Kerapa Kiore, ko Tamati Waka Te Mumura.

Na, ka whakaae nei a Aperahama Te Karu, a Hakopa Te Matera, a Hakaraia Te Raku, a Pehimana Takarangi, a Herietara Paihua, a Hakopa Arakari, a Te Watarauihi, a Kerapa Kiore, a Tamati Waka Te Mumura,—ki te tuku utu kore i enei whenua ki a Kuini Wikitoria, ki a Te Kawana, kia whakahokia ake e Te Kawana ki a Te Rore, ki te Minita Kaumatua o te Hahi Weteriana, e noho nei i Akarana, kia whakapumautia ki a ia, ki nga Minita Kaumatua Weteriana i muri i a ia mo te Hahi Weteriana, mo nga tikanga o te Kura, o Te Whakapono, ake, ake, ake, hei turanga kura hei oranga kura mo a matou tamariki, ara, mo nga tamariki katoa o Aotea, o tera hapu, o tera hapu, nga tamariki maori, nga tamariki pakeha, nga tamariki hawhekaihe, kia tupu pai ai, kia tupu rangatira ai, kia tupu tahi ai i roto i te whakapono o Te Karaiti i roto i te matauranga ki nga tikanga pai o Te Pakeha.

Na, ko nga Rohe o enei whenua, koia enei,—Ka timata ki

Boundaries.

te kowhatu (

or Island

) ki Kotoretoto ki te taha ki te Ita o Pakoka, Aotea, a—haere tonu i roto o Pakoka, ka riro mai—"Uru Manu," "Te Raho," "Te Ara a Rimu," "Te Rewa," "Whakatopouri" "Otitaha," "Maungaroa," "Ohinehei," "Te Moao," haere tonu te Rohe i roto o te awa (ko Pakoka) ki te tauranga waka i huaina ko "Te Ihi,"—a—haere tonu ki te wahi tata ki te rimu, i huaina ko "Te Kauhanga," katahi ka piki ake te puke rarauwhe ki te tihi i huaina ko "Te Karu o Te Kura"—a—ka haere atu i runga o te taumata ki "Rangipo,’ —a—riro tonu mai "Pukekoroheke" ki roto me te awa i huaina ko "Te Upoko o Taraia," me "Te Amo," a—puta noa ki "Mangapukatea,"—haere iho ki te taha ki te

Hauta o Te Awawa i huaina ko "Te Kete o Pani"—a—puta noa ki tatahi ki "Kotoretoto" ano.

Na, kahore he utu mo taua whenua, heoi ano te utu ko nga tikanga o Te kura o Te Whakapono kua tuhituhia nei, koia matou ka tuhituhi nei i o matou ingoa i tenei ra, i te rua tekau ma rima o Hanueri, i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano, e waru rau, e rima tekau ma wa.

Aperahama Te Karu x his mark.
Hakopa Tematera.
Hakaraia te Raku.
Pehimana Takarangi.
Herietara Paihua.
Hakopa Arakari x tona tohu.
Te Watarauihi x tona tohu.
Kerapa Kiore.
Tamati Waka te Mumura x tona.
tohu

Witnesses

Gideon Smales.
Tiopira rangitaiki.
Hoani te Apa.
Hemi.
Samuel Uru.
W. W. Dixon.