Wellington District Deeds - No. 3 Heretaunga Block, Hutt District

Digitisation source

A number of North Island purchase deeds were reproduced in Māori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand — two volumes, by H Hanson Turton, in 1878. These are commonly called Turton's Deeds, and those that relate to Te Whanganui-a-Tara are what we've represented in text form in the Deeds pages on this website. Original source:

An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand, compiled and edited by H. Hanson Turton. Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand. Vol. II, Provinces of Taranaki, Wellington, and Hawke's Bay. [1878]

You can also find Turton's Deeds with original scanned pages on the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection.

Content note:

For more context around this document, we refer you to WAI 145 — WAI 145, Chapter 9, particularly WAI 145, Chapter 9.4.4 which describes the circumstances around the document below.

Wellington District Deeds - No. 3

Heretaunga Block, Hutt District.

12 November, 1844
Receipt for £400

Kia Mohio nga tangata katoa ki tenei pukapuka ka wakaae maua, kia tukua ki te Kawana o Nui Tireni a Heretaunga hei wenua mo to wakaimnenga o Nui Tireni, ko nga utu enei ka riro mai nei i a maua e wa nga rau o nga Pauna moni koia hoki ka tuhituhia nei o maua ingoa o maua tohu ki raro iho i tenei rangi i te tahi tekau ma rua o nga. Ra o Nowema i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e wa tekau ma wa i te aroaro o -

Na TE RAUPARAHA x tana tohu
Na TE RANGIHAEATA x tana tohu

Translation

LET ALL MEN know the contents of this document. We two consent to surrender Heretaunga to the Governor of New Zealand on behalf of the N.Zd Company. We have received £400 in payment. Hence our names and marks are written below, on this day, the 12th day of November in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-four.

Na TE RAUPARAHA x his mark
Na TE RANGIHAEATA x his mark

In the presence of -
Henare Matine Te Wiwi
Tamihana Katu

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation
H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, December 31st, 1875.

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