Deeds—No. 100.
Takakhiwae Block, Weangarei District.
1854. 7 July. Whangarei District.
Ko te pukapuka
tuku whenua tenei i tuhituhia ki Whangarei i te whitu (7) o nga ra o Hurae i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma wha he pukaTakakhiwae
puka tino whakaae tenei na matou na nga rangatira me nga tangata o Ngatitu o Patu harakeke nona nga ingoa e makaia ana ki tenei pukapuka he mea tuhituhi mo matou ake moReceipt for £75.
o matou whanaunga mo to matou uri kia tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou whenua kia Wikitoria te Kuini o Engarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei amûri
ake i a ia ake ake ake a mo te mea kua whakaae matou ki te tuku i tetahi wahito to matou whenua e whakaae ana hoki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Engarangi mona kia utu mai ki a matou kia whitu tekau ma rima pauna moni kua riro mai ki a matou i nga ringaringa o te Honiana i tenei rangi.Boundaries. [1,200 acres.]
Ko nga rohe tenei o te whenua ki te taha hauauru ko te awa o te Takahiwae haere tonu i roto i te hikuwae o taua awa tutuki noa ki te Koroi i te rohe o Poupouwhenua ka rere ki te tonga hauauru ka tutaki ki te rohe o te Ruakaka ka rere ki te Marangai kahaerè
i runga i nga kahiwi ka tutaki ki te rohe o Poupouwhenua ka rere ki te hauraro i runga i te rohe o Poupouwhenua tutaki noa ki te wahapu o te Takahiwae ka mutu.A kua oti to matou whakaaro ki taua wahi kua whakarerea rawatia kua tukua rawatia enei whenua no o matou tupuna tuku iho ki a matou me ona awa rerengà wai roto waimaori rakau tarutaru kowhatu puke kawheka me nga wahi pai katoa me nga wahi kino katoa me nga méa katoa i runga i raro i taua whenua me nga aha noa iho o taua whenua i tenei ao marama o tenei rangi kia te Kuini o Engarangi ki nga kingi Kuini ranei i muri i a ia ake tonu atu.
Kua rongo matou ki nga kupu katoa o tenei pukapuka e whakaae ana hoki matou koia matou ka tuhituhi i o matou nei ingoa me te Kuini o Engarangi e whakaae ana hoki koia te Honiana tetahi kai whakarite whenua mo te Kawana o Nui Tireni ka tuhituhi hoki i tona ingoa.
John Grant Johnson,
Dist. Commissioner.
Ko Paikoura.
Ko te Paea.
Rangi heuheu
x tona tohu.
Ko Te Pieihi.
Kai Titiro—
Jno. G. Macleod.
Kahimi.
Translation.
1854. 7 July. Whangarei District.
eight hundred and fifty four 1854, is a paper of the full consent of us the Chiefs and Freemen of the Ngatitu and Patuharakeke whose names are affixed to this document:—written on behalf of ourselves, our relations, and our descendants; to give up for. ever a certain portion of our lands to Victoria, the Queën of England or to the Kings orTakahiwae.
Queens who may succeed her for evér. And in consideration of our full consent to sell a certain portion of our land, Victoria the Qùeen of Englànd, on her part, agreesReceipt for £75.
to pay us the sum of seventy five pounds £75. 0 . 0, which monies we have this day received from the hands of Mr. Johnson.Boundaries. [1,200 acres.]
course of which it runs to the Koroi treë on the Poupouwhenua boundary; thence south west to the boundary of Ruakaka; thence in an easterly direction along the range of hills to the boundary of Poupouwhenua, and thence northwards along the boundary of the Poupouwhenua and thence to the mouth of the Takahiwae, where it terminates.All our interests in this land have ceased, and we have for ever given up and transferred this land, which descended to us from our ancestors, with its rivers, streams, lakes, fresh-water, timber, pastures, minerals, hills, ranges, with all its fertile spots, with all its barren places, with all above and all below the surface and all thereunto appertaining, in the light of this day, to the Queen of England, or to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever.
We have heard all the particulars of this Deed, and have consented thereunto, in testimony whereof we hereunto sign our names; and in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England, John Grant Johnson, a Commissioner for the purchase of land for the Governor of New Zeàland, has signed his name.
(Signed)
John Grant Johnson,
Dist Commissioner.
Ko Paikoura.
Ko Tutpaea.
(Signed)
Rangi Heuheu x
his mark.
Ko te Pirihi.
Witness—
(Signed) Jno. G. Macleod.
Kohimi.
A True Translation.
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 9th, 1875.