Deeds—No. 267.
Pukekohe No. 2 Block, Mankau District.
1853. 17 June. Manukau District.
Ko te whakaaetanga
tenei o Ihaka o Mohi, o Hone te Muhu, o tePukehohe No. II.
Pepene, Te Tihi, o te Akitai katoa; mo Pukekohe, kia whakaotia rawatia ta ratou paanga ki taua whenua ko ona rohe enei.Bailey
—Nga Puketurua, Puketarakihi, tomo noa ki te Ngahere, haere tonu ki Tutanui, ka nawe ki teBoundaries.
hauauru i runga i te rohe o Tutaenui a haere tona atu ki runga i te kaha te hau raro o Tirikohua, ki te rua o nga Poka, ka tapahi ki te hauauru ki te raina e tika mai i te ahu o te ruarangi i Manukau i te ara roa ki Waikato ka tukua rawatia ki a Kuini o Ingarangi, ki ona uri, i muri i a ia, ake ake, koia tenei whakaaetanga i tuhituhia ai—ki tenei ra—ki te tekau ma whitu o nga ra o Huni i te tau 1853.Taikehu Reserve.
heoi ano nga wahi e kapea mo matou i roto i enei rohe kua oti te korero—ko te wahi ki te tino Pukekohe i huaia Te Awa Nui o Taikehu koia tenei ka porotakaia i roto i te whaka ahua ki te taha ki tua o tenei pukapuka ko te utu ki a matou, e whakaaetiaReceipt for £200.
ai enei tikanga—kia rua rau pauna—e homai ana ki roto i o matou ringaringa—i tenei ra i te 17 o nga ra o Huni 1853.
Ihaka Takaanini.
te
Raihi.
Hone te Muhu.
He mea whakaae ki te aroaro o—
Patrick J. Hogan.
Aihepene Waka Kaihau.
Jonn Grant Johnson,
Interpreter.
Translation.
1853. 17 June. Pukekohe No. II.
This agreement
entered into by Moses, Hone te Mutu, Pepene te Tihi and all the Akitai Tribe being the final settlement and giving up all right and title to Pukekohe or claim thereto whatsoever. The following being the Boundaries agreed to—Beginning at the post at Rangiwhiri and going on in the line of Mr. Bailey on Nga Puketurua and Puketarakihi entering the forest and on to Tutaenui then going in a Westerly directionBoundaries.
until it cuts the Northern Boundary of Tirikohua to the second hole then going on to the West entering the line coming from Ahu a te Ruarangi at the Manukau to the long road to Waikato, is given up to the Queen of England and her heirs for ever, for this reason this agreement has been entered into on this the seventeenth day of June in the year 1853.Taikehu Reserve.
That portion of Pukekohe called Te Awa nui o Taikehu is reserved for us and is encircled by a line on the plan annexed. The payment to us for our consenting to theseReceipt for £200.
terms (above specified) is Two hundred pounds now given into our hands on this the seventeenth day of June in the year 1853.
Ihaka Takaanini.
te
Raihi.
Hone te Muhu.
Agreement signed in the presence of—
Patrick J. Hogan.
John Grant
Johnson, Interpreter.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, September 10th, 1874.