Pukuwhau Block, Waiau, Coromandel District.
This Indenture made the Seventeenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord 1839. 17 October.Coromandel District.one thousand eight hundred and Thirty-Nine Between the Native Chiefs of
Natepawa Tribe whose names are hereafter affixed of the first part and William
Moore of New Zealand Dealer of the second part Witnesseth that in consideration of
the property mentioned in Pukuwhau. W. B. Moores.the Margin in hand well and truly paid by the said William Moore of New
Zealand to the said New Zealand Chiefs of the Natepawa Tribe at or immediately
before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof We the said
New Zealand chiefs of the Natepawa Tribe do hereby have acknowledge and admit We
the said New Zealand Chiefs of the Natepawa Tribe hath given and granted and by
these presents do give grant and confirm unto the said William Moore of New
Zealand his heirs and assigns All that piece or parcel of Land known by the name
of Pu ku Wau, and Bounded Boundaries. [20,000 acres.]on the East by High Range being the Back part of the said New Zealand
Tribe, on the West by the Waiau River, on the North by the Pukuwau Creek to
Waretawa, then bearing North by East to the back Range, on the South by a Creek
known by the name of Matawai including the Papa, and the within Land, Rivers and
Timber To have and to hold all and singular the said premises with their and every
of their rights, royalties members and appurtenances to the said William Moores
New Zealand his heirs and assigns for ever. And the said New Zealand Chiefs of the
Natepawa Tribe and their heirs All and singular the said land and premises with
their appurtenances unto the said William Moores of New Zealand and his heirs
shall and will warraut and for ever