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

[i roto i te reo Māori]

(Enclosure.)

1858. 5 MarchHawke's Bay.Tenei Pukapuka tuku whenua e tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i te rima (5) o nga ra o Maehe 1858 he pukapuka tino whakaae pono na matou na nga rangatira me nga tangata o Ngatikahungunu kia tino tukua rawatia tetahi wahi o to matou kainga ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i aTe Mata. (Karanema's reserve) ia a ake tonu atu.
A mo to matou whakaaetanga kia tukua tenei kainga e whakaae ana a WikitoriaReceipt for £400. te Kuini o Ingarangi mona kia homai ki a matou nga pauna moni e wha rau takitahi £400 ko aua moni kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra na te Kupa i homai. Heoi ano ki a matou Ma te Kupa e whakarite te taha ki o matou whanaunga.
Ko te whenua tenei i kapea ki waho i to matou tukunga i te Mata i mua ka timataBoundaries. te rohe ki Karituwhenua ka rere ki te Hau, ka rere tonu i te hiwi i te Mata puta noa ki Kahurangi, ka whati i kona rere noa ki te kauru o te Ngakau o Hape, rere tonu ki Ototara, ka puta ki Ngaruroro, rere tonu i te Awa tutaki tonu ki Karituwhenua.

Heoi kua oti i a matou te hurihuri te poroporoaki te tino tuku rawa i tenei kainga o a matou tupuna tuku iho ki a matou me ona awa, me ona mea katoa kua oti i a matou te tino tuku rawa atu i tenei ra e whiti nei ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.

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A mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka kua tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarangi mona ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka kua tuhia iho to ingoa o te Makarini Kai whakarite Whenua mo te Kawana o Nui Tireni.

Donald Mclean.

Te Hapuku Ika o te Moana x.
Meri Hineitakaa x.
Te Wakatomo x.
Paratene te Akonga x.
Te Koko.
Arihia per Hapuku x.
Te Hapuku Koao x.
Poito x her mark.

Nga kai-titiro ki enei homaitanga moni, me enei tuhinga ingoa—

James McCabe, Surveyor, Auckland.

[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

Translation.

This Deed1858. 5 March.Hawke's Bay. written this fifth (5) day of March 1858 witnesseth the full and undivided consent of us the Chiefs and people of the Ngatikahungunu tribe to part with a portion of our territory to Victoria the Queen of England and to Her Successsors for ever and ever.
Te Mata. Receipt for £400. In consideration whereof Victoria the Queen of England covenants to pay us the sum of Four hundred pounds, which said sum of money we have this day received from Mr. Cooper. This is the sum which we are to receive but Mr. Cooper will arrange with our relatives.
Boundaries. This is the portion which was reserved in our sale of Te Mata some time since. The boundaries commence at the Te Karituwhenua and on to Te Hau, and along the ridge at Te Mata to Kahurangi, here it turns and on to the source of Te Ngakau o Hape and on to Ototara, and till it comes out at Ngaruroro thence along the river till it joins Karituwhenua.

Enough we have after deliberation, deep concern and a final farewell unreservedly parted with this our Territory inherited by us from our Ancestors together with its streams and tributaries, its lakes, its waters, its forests, its scrub, its minerals, its banks, its pleasant places, its inferior portions, its valueless appurtenances whether on the surface or under the surface and all things whatsoever of and belonging to the said land, we have on this day now transpiring unreservedly parted with, the same being solely our property, to Victoria the Queen of England and to Her Successors for ever and ever.

In witness of our assent to all the conditions contained in this deed we hereunto append our signatures and marks.

And in witness of the consent of the Queen of England to all the conditions herein contained, there is hereunto attached the signature of Mr.McLean Commissioner for the purchase of land for the Governor of New Zealand.

(Sd.) Donald Mclean.

Te Hapuku Ika o te Moana x.
Meri Hineitaka x.
Te Whakatomo x.
Paratene to Akonga x.
Te Koko x.
Arihia per Hapuku x.
Te Hapuku Koao x.
Poito x her mark.

Witness to payment and signatures—

James McCabe, Surveyor, Auckland.

A True Copy of Original Deeds and Translations.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 21st, 1876.