1873. 8 November.Waitara West District.This Deed made the eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy three Between Tahana, Tauhe Rimu, Henere Te Ori, Te Retiu Tamaiki,Pt. Rural Section No. 102. Hoani, Henere Kuao, WharepuniReceipt for £23.17.6. all of the Hua in the Province of Taranaki and Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives of the one part and Her Majesty the Queen of the other part Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Twenty three pounds seventeen shillings and six pence paid by the Minister of Public Works to the said Tahana, Tauhe Rimu, Henere Te Ori, Te Retiu Tamaiki, Hoani, Henere Kuao, Wharepuni (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) They the said Tahana, Tauhe Rimu, Henere Te Ori, Te Retiu Tamaiki, Hoani, Henere Kuao, Wharepuni do and each of them doth hereby convey and assure unto Her Majesty the Queen her heirs and successors and assigns All that piece or parcel of land situate at the Waitara West being part of rural section numbered 102 on the map of the Waitara West district and containing by admeasurement two acres, three roods and thirty six perches more or less boundedBoundaries. [2a. 3r. 36p.] towards the East by the Waiongona river one hundred links towards the West by the Tearei road one hundred and forty links towards the North by other part of the said section No. 102 three hundred and twenty five links and towards the South also by other part of said section No. 102 two thousand nine hundred and twenty five links, as the same is delineated on the plan drawn hereon and colored pink. Together with all the ways rights and appurtenances thereto belonging and all such estate right title and interest in and to the same as they the said Tahana, Tauhe Rimu, Henere Te Ori, Te Retiu Tamaiki, Hoani, Henere Kuao, Wharepuni are or shall become seized or possessed of or are by the Immigration and Public Works Act 1870 or the Immigration and Public Works Act 1871 empowered to convey or otherwise assure To hold the said land and premises unto Her Majesty the Queen Her Heirs and successors and assigns for ever. In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first above written.