No. 10.
Copy of Deed of Release signed by the Natives of Whakapuaka, in relinquishment of their claims to Land at Whakatu (Nelson), Waimea, Moutere, Riwaka, Taitapu (Massacre Bay), exeepting their Pas, Cultivations, and Burial-places, to the New Zealand Company.
Kua homai ki a matou i te rua te kau ma wha o nga ra o Akuhata i te tau kotahi mano e waru rau e wha te kau ma wha e nga Kai Whakariterite o te Whakaminenga o Nui Tireni i Ranana, he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiri (William Wakefield), e te kai mahi o taua Whakaminenga e rua nga ran o nga Pauna moni, he utunga, he tino whakaritenga, he whakamahuetanga rawatanga i to matou papa katoa i o matou wahi katoa i roto i o matou whenua katoa kua tuhituhia ki roto i te pukapuka kua whakapiria ki tenei nei nra ko nga wahi katoa, i Whakatu i Waimea, i te Moutere, i Motueka, i Riwaka, i te Taitapu (Massacre Bay), i Nui Tireni, ko nga pa ia, ko nga Ngakinga, ko nga wahi Tapu, ko nga wahi rongoa anake i toe kia matou a ka whakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku whenua a muri nei, me e kiia mai kia tuhia ki nga Kai Wakariterite o taua Whakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i ana whenua, heoti ano nga wahi e waiho mo matou ko nga wahi kua korerotia ra i mua.
Ko nga ingo o nga kai titiro i te tuhinga o nga ingoa.
Paramata Te Kiore, tana + tohu.
Matiu Te Mako, tona + tohu.
Maha Tarapiko, tona + tohu.
Wiremu Ngaparu, tona + tonu.
Karitonire Te Aoterangi, tona + tohu.
On behalf of the Natives of Wakapuaka,
Gearge Clarke, Jun.
Protector of Aborigines.
William Spain,
Commissioner.
George Clarke, Jun.,
Protector of Aborigines.
Henry F. Butt,
Curate, Nelson.
Donald Sinclair.
Chief Police Magistrate and Govt. Representative.
A. McDonald;
Manager, Union Bank of Australia, Nelson.