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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

Maori Version

Maori Version.

1840. 3 January.Bay of Islands District.Wakarongo e nga tangata katoa nga Pehimana Nitepet tenei Pukapuka ratou ko Tahere Watarau, ko Peru, ko.Waraki, ko Tango, ko Pohi, ko Pipipi, ka tukua nei e matou ka hokona hoki kia Pehimana Nitepet ki ona tamariki ake tonu ake kia ahatia kia Otuwere.Benjamin Nisbet. [500 acres.] ahatia ra nei te kotinga wenua me nga Orunga me nga mea Oraro te wenua nei, ko nga kaha enei, ki te Weta te wahi rahui o te Wirimu ka haere ki te raata ki te taha hauta o te wai nui Waitangi, ki te Nota me te Weta o Warekupenga. Na te Nota tika tonu ki te ita nota ita, ki te hauta me te ita o te kainga a te Kepa raua ko te Puhipi, ki runga ki nga maunga ki te ita o te kainga tona ingoa ko Otuwere, ki te kaikatea ki te taha o te kokoritanga o te Wai nui ki te taha ki te hauta haere tonu te kaha ki nga puke ki te nota ki te ara tawito, tika atu ki te taha o nga puke ki te tohu ki te hauta ita me te ita. No te puke ingoa te Pahaa te timatanga o nga kaha, o Otuwere, wakarere te Pahaa, ko te tikanga o te kaha ki te hauta Wita × wita ki te Watinga ote wai nui Receipt. Waitangi. Ko nga utu tenei mo Otuwere, ka oti te utu ki nga tangata ka oti nga ingoa te tuhituhi ki tenei pukapuka E toru tekau ma rima na pauna moni, e wa paraikete, kia pono tenei o matou tohu me o matou Tuhituhinga, ki te toru o nga rao Henuari o te tau o to tatou Ariki a Ihu Karaiti kotahi mano, e waru rau, e wa tekau.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]

Additional payment. Since the signatures of the Chiefs on the other side I have added for the satisfaction of all parties the sum of Five Pounds Sterling given to William Hau in the presence of—
Benjamin Nisbet.
Erewa Paru.
Te tohu a x Noa Tahu.

Witnesses—

John Edward Hargraves.
George Clarke.