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

Arohaki Block, Piako District

Arohaki Block, Piako District. 1854. 21 June.

Kua riro

mai i a matou inaianei i tenei ra i te (21) rua tekau ma tahi o nga ra o Hune

Piako District.

i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mauo e waru rau e rima tekau ma wha (1854) kotahi te rau pauna

erim

a tekau (£150) hetutu timatanga tenei na te Makarini i homai mo tetahi

Arohaki.

whenua o matoukei Piako e takoto ana tona ingoa ko Arohaki.

Receipt for £150 first instalment

Ko nga rohe anei ka timata ki Waikaka ka haere te rohe ki runga ki Mangawhero ka hoki i konei (ka kapea a Mangawhero ki waho) ka haere Tikapu ka haere mai i reira

Boundaries.

Pukenui ka haere mai i Pakenui—a te Heru ka hoki i konei ka rere mai Tikou heoi ano ka marere ki te awa o Piako—ko te awa o Piako, te rohe ki tatahi.

Na kua tukua rawatia atu tenei whenua e matou ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona aha me ona aha ake tonu atu.

No te rironga mai O enei moni koia ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

Hauauru.
Koinaki x.
Hamiora.

Kai Titiro—

Jonn White, Interpreter.

John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa

H. T. Kemp, J.P.

True Copy of original Receipt.

H. T. Kemp,
Acting Chief Commissioner.

Auckland

,

October

30, 1855.