Puketutu Block, River Waiharakeke, Kawhia District.
Waiharakeke, New Zealand,
January 30, 1836.
Know
all men by these presents that I Haupokia do hereby sell and fully deliver up to1836. 30 January. Kawhia District. Puketutu.
William Johnstone and his heirs and successors for ever the several parcels of landW. Johnstone.
known by the names of Puketutu, Hamakuku, Tutemanawa, Rangiatea, Arohamanu and other names, lying at the head of a branch of the Waiharakeke river which river runs into the Kawia Bay on the West Coast of New Zealand and which branch is known by the name of Kotekenui, together with all the Timber, Water, Tapued places and everything appertaining to the above named lands: Bounded on the North and West byBoundaries. [600 acres.]
the River Kotekenui; on the South East by a valley and fresh water rivulet called Kaipaku and including that rivulet which runs into the river Kotekenui: on the South by a straight line which runs from a Mangeo tree at the head of the above named valley along the foot of a mound formerly a Pa or fortification called Puketoa, by a Ti tree and several other trees all of which are notched as landmarks taking in a piece of ground which was formerly a Native village and now known by the name of Arohamanu aforesaid and extending in a direct line to another valley along which runs a fresh water rivulet called Kopounai into the above named river Kotekenui which rivulet is also included in the purchase and forms the Eastern boundary. In payment of the above described lands,Receipt.
rivulets and all their appurtenances I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the following articles, viz. 1 Coat 1 Handkerchief 4 Duck frocks, 4 Trousers, 4 Shirts, 4 Axes, 2 razors, 2 knives, 25 Pipes and 20 lbs. Tobacco. As witness my hand this 30th day of January 1836.Signed
Haupokia x his mark.
William Johnstone.
Witnessed—
John Whiteley, Wes.
Missy.
E. Meurant.
Opataia.
Wahanui x his mark.
Te Arai x
his mark.
Te Tuhituhi x his mark.
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