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

[Deeds—No. 136.]

Deeds—No. 136.

Mongari Block, Whangarei District.

Tenei Pukapuka

i tuhituhia i tenei i te rua tekau ma tahi (21) o nga ra o Hanuere i te

1865. 21 January.

tau o to tatou Ariki 1865 he Pukapuka tino

hook

tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na

Whangarei District.

matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Te Huriroroa Te Parawhau no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou

Mongari.

whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i-te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu kia Wikitoria Kuini o

Irigarani

ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni e toru rau e toru tekau £330 kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Herangi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Mongari ko Mongari te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu kia Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana

wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o

William N. Searancke

Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whehua ka timata i Maramanui

Boundaries.

ka rere i te raina ruritanga o

Mr. Bedlington

puta noa ki roto kei Waipiu ka rere i roto Waipiu ka puta kei Mongari ka rere i roto i taua awa o Mongari ka puta ki te Rere haere tonu te Wahapu o Wairua ka rere i roto Wairua te Rahiwai Mapuna, ka haere Kurara, Okawa, Porewa nui Porewa iti tahi noa kei Maramanui ki te

robe

o te whenua kua tukua kia te Kuini i mua ka mutu i konei

la

te wahi i timata ai kei Maramanui.

hori kingi tahua.
Hira Te taka.
Ruka Porotaka.
Manihera Te iwitahi.
Renata Manihera.
parera.
Taurua Neho x tona tohu.

Ko nga tangata i kite i tehoatutanga o nga moni mo te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

Henry C. Holman, Settler, Wangarei.
Will. N. Searancke, D.C.

Receipt for £330. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te 21 st o nga ra o Hanueri i te tau o to tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau ono tekau ma rima (1865) nga Pauna moni e toru rau e toru tekau (£330 . 0 . 0) Ko te utu tino whakaotinga tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e William N. Searancke mo te Kuini.

Manihera Te iwitahi.
hori kingi tahua.

Nga Kai-titiro—

Henry C. Holman, Settler, Wangarei.
William N. Searancke, D.C.

Translation.

1865. 21 January.

This Deed

written on this the twenty first day of January in the Year of our Lord 1865 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of

Whangarei District.

the Tribe Te Huriroroa and Te Parawhau whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing

Mongari.

this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of three hundred and thirty Pounds (£330 . 0 . 0) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Mongari and named Mongari the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of William N. Searancke District Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the

Boundaries.

boundaries of the Land commencing at Maramanui thence along the Survey line of Mr. Bedlington to Waipiu, down the Waipiu creek to where it runs into the Mongari river thence in that river to Te Rere and on to its discharge into the Wairua, thence up the Wairua river to Te Rahiwai, Mapuna, Kurara, Okawa, Porewa nui, Porewa iti and on to Maramanui to the boundary of the Land formerly sold to the Queen, ending where the boundaries commenced at Maramanui.