Awaroa Block, Maungataniwha, Whangarei District.
1839. 10 November.Whangarei District.This Indenture made the tenth day of November in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine between Epuka, E', Topa, Ine waru and Tauru
Rangi of the first part, And Peter and James Greenhill, residents in New Zealand
of the other
Awaroa.P. and J. Greenhill.part Whereas the parties hereto of the first part having full right and
power to sell the Lands, Hereditaments and Premises hereinafter mentioned, Now
this Indenture witnesseth that for and in consideration of Ten Pounds of Sterling
money, Two double barrell Guns, Two Fowling pieces, thirteen twenty-five pound
Casks of Gunpowder, Twenty-five pounds of Tobacco, Seven pairs of blankets, eight
bags of shot, four shotbelts, four pieces of Print, four great Coats, eight pairs
of drawers, eleven Tomahawks, seven pairs of common Trowsers, Thirteen striped
Shirts, one Cloak, one red nightcap, six spades, five Shawls, and one hundred
pounds of Lead Amounting together to and being equal in the value to the sum of
One Hundred and three Pounds Sterling, the
Receipt.receipt whereof the said parties hereto of the first part do hereby
acknowledge They the said parties hereby grant, enfeoff, bargain and sell unto the
said Peter and James Greenhill their Heirs and Assigns, All that portion of Land
situated in Wangarei
Boundaries. [2,500 acres.]bounded on the Northwest by a rivulet called Kapua Tere, from the top of a
Hill called Kainga Huhu to the top of Waka anganga bearing North east by East and
South West by South from each other, on the North East by a range of Hills called
the Kaheiwa, the Warehanga Roa, Ate Hua and Pai Kauri, from the top of which in a
straight line along the Ridges of Maunga Taniwa and Wharau roa down to the Hatea
river bounds it on the South East and South side and on the West and South West
sides
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Whakaangaanga to Huarara, at the mouth of the Awaroa river marked by a dry Puridi
tree, together with the Woods Waters members Privileges and Appurtenances Unto the
said Peter and James Greenhill, their Heirs and Assigns for ever, free from all
claims or right of Jurisdiction to the same, And We the said parties hereto of the
first part do hereby warrant and defend the same Lands and Hereditaments unto the
said Peter and James Greenhill, their Heirs and Assigns for ever. As Witness the
attestation of the parties it being explained to them the nature of this said
Indenture in their own native tongue.
Topa Topa his x mark.
Tauru Rangi x his mark.
Ine Waru his x
mark.
E Puku his x mark.
Witness—
John Longee.
James Fedarb.
Thomas Scott
Delivered into Court this 22nd day of Novr., 1841.
M. Richmond.
E. L. Godfrey.
No. 97.O.L.C.A True Copy of Original Deed.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
8th November, 1878.