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Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

(Enclosure No. 7.) — Release from the Tiakiwai Natives to the New Zealand Company

(Enclosure No. 7.)
Release from the Tiakiwai Natives to the New Zealand Company.

1844. 26 February.Port Nicholson.Kua homai ki a matou i te 26 o nga ra o Pepuere i te tau 1844 e nga kai whakariterite o te whakaminenga o Nui Tireni i Ranana, he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiri Receipt for £30. (William Wakefield) e te kai mahi o taua whakaminenga e toru tekau nga Pauna moni, he tino utunga, he tino whakaritenga, he whakamahuetanga rawatanga i to matou papa katoa i o matou wahi katoa i roto i a matou whenua katoa, kua tuhituhia ki roto i te pukapaka kua whakapiria ki tenei nei, ara, ko nga wahi katoa i Poneke i nga wahi patata ki Poneke i Nui Tireni: ko nga Pa ia, ko nga ngakinga, ko nga wahi tapu ko nga wahi rongoa anake, e toe ki a matou; a ka whakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku whenua o muri nei, me ka kiia kia tuhia ki nga kai whakariterite o taua whakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i aua whenua. Heoti ano nga wahi e waiho mo matou, ko nga wahi anake kua korerotia ra i mua.

Ko ngapapa.
tiopira te nuia.
E Kiri tona x tohu.

On behalf of the rest of the Natives of Tiakiwai—

George Clarke, Junior,
Protector of Aborigines.

Ko nga ingoa o nga kai titiro i te tuhinga o nga ingoa—
Willm. Spain, Commr.
George Clarke, Junior, Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith,
Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Comr. Court.
Saml. Ironside, Minister.
Arthur T. Holroyd, Barrister at Law,

Wellington.