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

Takapuna Block, North Shore, Auckland District

Takapuna Block, North Shore, Auckland District.

Na

kia mohio nga tangata katoa e kite nei i tenei pukapuka, na, kua tukua, kua hokona

1839. 18 November. Auckland District.

rawatia e matou e Takapuna, e Puhata, e te Awa, nga rangatira o taua wenua ko Takapuna kei te Kongutu awa o Waitemata, ki a te Tera hei kainga mona, ake, ake, ake. A

Takapuna.

kua riro i a matou hei utu taunaha mo taua wenua E rua tekau nga moni Tara. Otiia

Henry Tayler.

ko era atu utu mo muri iho, E ono tekau takitahi moni Tara, e rua tekau nga Pu maori,

Receipt for deposit.

e rua Tupara, e rua tekau Paraikete, e rua tekau Puka, Kotahi tekau Tarautete, Kotahi tekau Hate, Kotahi tekau Titaha, Kotahi tekau Karaone, Kotahi tekau Kohua, Kotahi tekau Kaone Kotahi rau pauna Tupeka. Kotahi tekau ma waru o Nohema i te Kotahi mano e waru rau e toru tekau e iwa o nga tau o to tatou Ariki. Maraitai, Nu Tirani.

Signed Ko te tohu o Takapuna x.
Puhata.
O te Awa x.

Ko nga kai Titiro—
Wm. Thos. Fairburn.
Sarah Fairburn.
Elizabeth Fairburn.

Na, kua riro mai inaianei nga utu katoa kua korerotia nei i roto i tenei pukapuka

1840. 7 March.

a kua riro rawa atu i a te Tera te kainga ko Takapuna kei te kongutu awa o Waitemata, a ko nga rohe enei, Ko Wanauata kei te pito o te one ki roto ki te awa ki Waitemata

Receipt for payment.

timata ai, haere tika tonu i reira ki Papakawau ki te pito ki raro o te one ki waho

Boundaries. [1,000 acres.]

mutu ai. Na, tirohia nei to matou ingoa. I te witu o Maehe kotahi mano e waru rau a wa tekau o te tau o to tatou Ariki.

Signed Ko te tohu o Takapuna x.
Puhata.
te Awa x.

Ko nga kai titiro enei—
Wiremu Hoete.
William Thomas Fairburn.
Richard Alexander Fairburn.

True Copy.

Henry T. Kemp.