Wellington District Deeds - No. 10

Pipitea block, (McCleverty's Deed) Wellington district.

1 November, 1847.
Maori translation of English deed.
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KO MATOU ko nga tangata me nga Rangatira e noho nei ki Pipitea i Poneke No te hapu o Ngatiawa ko nga tangata i a matou nga tae kai me etehi whenua ano, ka whakaae inaianei i te tahi o nga ra o Noema i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e wha tekau ma whitu kia tukua wakareretia atu a matou mahinga kai katoa e takoto ana i waenga o nga whenua o nga Pakeha i runga atu o te Ara haere ki Karori ki Kai whara whara ki Heretaonga ano hoki tai ra ano i roto, katoa o Poneke. Hei utu mo te whenua ka oti nei te homai mo matou e to Kanara ratou ko nga Kawana - kua whakaaetia nei e matou kua kite iho nei o matou kanohi he mea ta ki te kara whero i o roto o te pukapuka. Huihuia katoatia e whitu mano e wha rau e toru tekau ma ono o nga ekara nui ake ranei iti iho ranei ki te pukapuka tuatahi tuarua tuatoru tuawha tuarima tuaono. Ko nga kaha koia enei.

Kote Tuatahi : Ko nga pihi whenua o te Taone 033 . 634. 635 . 637 ko te kaha ki te Mauru ko te maunga kei runga ake o te Taone ko te kaha ki te Marangai koia tenei ko te ara haere ki Karori taki kotahi ekara o aua pihi whenua.

Ko te Tuarua : Ko tetehi wahi o taua Maunga kei runga ake o te Taone ko te kaha ki te taha Mauru ko nga whenua itua ko Kai Wara Wara ko te kaha ki te Hauauru ko te toru tekau o nga pihi whenua o te Kainga i Karori ko te kaha ki te Hauraro ko taua maunga ano ko te kaha ki te Marangai ko te ara ki Karori me nga pihi whenua o te Taone huihuia.

Tuatoru : Ko tetahi wahi o nga ekara e rima rau kei te taha o to Mauru o te Awa o Kai Whara Whara. Ko te kaha ki te mauru, ko te kainga o Te Ringa Kuri. Ko te kaha ki te Hauraro ko te kainga o nga Tangata o Ohariu huihuia katotia o te wahi i tukua ma Pipitea. Ka kotahi rau e toru tekau ma wha o nga ekara.

Tuawha : Ko tetehi pihi whenua kei te ara o Porirua. Ko tetahi wahi o te tuawhitu apitia tahitia ki te tuaiwa he kainga i waiho imua ma nga Maori i te Kenepuru huihuia katoatia e rua rau e rua tekau ma tahi o nga ekara ko te kaha ki te mauru ko te ara ki Karori e rima tekau o te roa o nga teini nui ake ranei, iti iho ranei, ko te kaha o te Hauraro ko te te tahi tekau o nga pihi whenua tekau ma waru te roa o nga teini nui ake ranei iti iho ranei.
Ko te kaha ki te tonga ko te tuaono o nga pihi whenua e wha tekau ma rima o nga teini te roa ko te kaha ki te Marangai ko nga pihi whenua Te 9.10.11.12. nga kainga o te Tauranga o Poneke ko te roa e whitu tekau ma tahi teini ko te awhe.

Ko te Tuarima : Ko nga kainga o te Taone i te Aro (tuawhitu o nga ekara).
Ko te Tuaono ko te tahi pihi whenua i Orongorongo 6990 o nga ekara kei roto ko te kaha o taua whenua kei waho atu o te kainga o nga pakeha ko tana kaha ki te Marangai me te kaha ki te tonga ko te moana. Engari kotahi tekau ma ono o nga teini i taka mai ano ki runga o te awa o Orongorongo i kite ano a Wairarapa i te ruritanga me te kotinga o nga raina.
Ko nga kaha he te hauraro ko nga kainga kahore ano i ruritia me nga kainga o Te Ringa Kuri ko Mukamuka ko te kaha ki te mauru ko runga o nga pukepuke i wehe ai Wainui-o-mata ki te taha ko Orongorongo ki tetahi taha ko te wai rere e rere ana ki Orongorongo mo Pipitea ano tera - taki kotahi rau o nga ekara ki aua pihi whenua ko nga kaha o waho o aua whenua kua oti te kokoti pena me te tuhituhinga o roto o to Puka a nei.
Huia katoatia o te mea ma Pipitea i penei me to tuhituhinga o roto o tenei pukapuka.

W.A. McCleverty

The plan of the Pa will hereafter be annexed : it is guaranteed to them and is a Native or Public Reserve.
W.A. McC.

No. 1. Four town sections. [4 acres] Town sections number 633, 634, 635, & 637 bounded on the West by Town Belt and on the East by Karori Road each section containing one acre.

No. 2. Part of Town Belt. [80 acres] Part of the Town Belt bounded on the West by the Kai Warra Warra District, on the South West by section 30 Karori District, on the North by the Town Belt, and on the East by the Karori Road and Town section containing 80 acres.

No. 3. Part of Kaiwharawhara Block [134 acres] Part 500 acres block on the Western side of the Kai Warra Warra River bounded on the West by the part which belongs to Te Ringa Kuri and on the North by another portion belonging to Ohariu Natives - the part given to the Pipitea Natives contains about one hundred and thirty-four acres.

No. 4. Sections on Porirua Road [221 acres] A Block of Land on the Porirua Road comprising part of No. 7, and the whole of No. 9, Native Reserves in the Kinapora District containing in all two hundred and twenty-one acres bounded on the West by the Karori Road for fifty chains more or less, on the North by No. 10, section for fifty-eight chains more or less, on the South by No 6 section for forty five chains and on the East by sections 9. 10. 11 . 12. Harbour District for the distance of seventy-one and a half chains.

No. 5. Seven town Native reserves. [7 acres] Seven Town Native Reserves. Seven Town Native Reserves in Polhill's Gully each - containing one acre.

No. 6. Orongorongo Block [6990 acres]. A block of land at Orongorongo contains six thousand nine hundred and ninety acres, or thereabouts, part of which is outside the company's block of the Nicholson District. It is bounded on the East and South by the sea (except sixteen chains on the Orongorongo Stream surveyed and lines cut in the presence of Wairarapa and others, on the North by unsurveyed land and Te Ringa Kuri's land at Mukamuka, on the West by the top of the hills which divide the Vallies of Wainuiomata and Orongorongo the fall of water or streams - into the latter to belong to Pipitea. In the block are five sections of one hundred acres each, the outside boundaries of which have been surveyed and the lines cut into the map.

W.A. McCleverty
Lt. Colonel.

A true copy of Original Deed, Translation and, Endorsement.
H. Hanson Turton. Wellington, January 7th, 1876.