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then. This is the only wealth a Maori has now on
this Island, is the Land, and if it is consumed, he has
no reason to be called a Maori tribe, but like a dying
person, so the Europeans who are desiring to lease
Land in the said boundary which is shown can see
clearly not to go to that district, and lease, it might
be alike your going to one person, and perhaps raise
a disturbance, and you might be jeered, let God
inflict the decease to their bodies or else themselves.
If you or others persist you will have to come to the
said (Putaiki, they nave the word of the whole tribe,
and they will settle as they desire, you must not go
to the (Hapus) or chiefs and ask, they have no
authority to let or hold Land to Europeans, the leases
of one person in the said boundary is not settled, and
the lease of (Kata), by name 50 acres to a European
in the said boundary which, was leased to him by one
person, by which some of them was aggrieved, and
nearly killing a man, it was the (Putaiki,) and a
Officer of the Government that stopped the lease and
sent the European back to his own place. (Tuhou-
rangi's) word is fixed that all plans of the said
boundary from now and the names of the (Hapus,)
and person, and Land, and its boundaries iu its
covenant, and the name of the district is to be settled
by the (Putaiki.)
Beginning at Maungarawhiri and runs to the N. W. Houroa, Haumingi, Wharenui, Kotuku, and runs to West, Puketawhero, Puku Piopu, Tuturu, te Hemo, Hautu, Hauhau, Wharaurangi, Aramaka, Sangitoto, Taurangakaeaea, Wharetawa, te Tohu-a- Hatupatu, Mangaharakeke, Titohea, Waikatoturns to the South, Atiamuri, Niho-o-te-kiore, o Hakuri, Motuwhanake, Whare-rauaruhe, Akatarewa, Hiku- maro, Mangakara, Waiotapu, Pukekaikahu, Ranga- kaika. Ngatiwhakaawe, Tekaeae, Ngawhiro, by the head of Tarawera and joins to Mangarawhiri, there are. also other parts of Ngatitama's on the other side of Waikato, and the boundaries are given in this. Beginning at Waipapa. Onepu, te Mataii, Puke- moremore, Waituwhana, Kiwitahi, and turns South., Pukeikaka, Whare-purakau, Parewhaiti, Ohinekahu, Omarangai, and turns to the S. E. Puketotara, Rere- ngai te Kerikerei, Raepungarehu, Kairaumati, Tahore- hore, Waikato river and turns to S. W. Waiari, Roparua, Totorewa, Waiaute, Ngaraunui, Pohaturoa, o nga Kahu, and joins on to Waipapa, these are the district which the Committee (Putaiki hold. These are the signatures of person of the said Committee.
Matiu Rangiheuea, Paora Waituhi, Wiari Ngatai, Ha-mi te Whatinui, Aporo te Whare-kaniwha, Hira Irihei, Renata Ngahana, Katene Wai-aua, Tamati Paora, , Waaka, Komene, Hipirini te Whetau. Wiremu Pauro. Kawana Hemara, mo ratou ko ona taonga, me ona uri i muri i a ia, . tenei wa koinei anake to te Maori oranga i runga i tenei Motu, ko te whenua anake, ki te mea ka pau kaore he tikanga e ki ia ai he iwi Maori ano, erangi, he tangata mate te ahua. Na, koia i puta ai tenei kupu, kia marama ai nga Pakeha e hiahia ana ki te Reti whenna mana, i roto i te Rohe, kua oti te wha- kaatu, kati ra te haere ki taua takiwa, tono Keti ai mau, kai rite ki tau i haere ai ki te tangata kotahi; ka tupu nga raruraru, ka whanau ko te mate, ka iri nga tawainga kia koe, waiho ma te Atua nga mate e whakapa ki t0 tinana, ma ratou ano ranei. Ki te tino tohe koe, koutou ranei, me haeae ki taua Putaiki kai a ratou te ki topu a te iwi katoa, ma ratou to hiahia e whakarite e pehea ranei, kai tono koe ki te hapu, ki te Rangatira, ki nga tangata; kaore he mana tuku pupuri ranei o te whenua i a ratou ki te Pakeha, ko nga Reti a te tangata kotahi, i roto i taua Kohe, kaore ano i tau, me te Heti o tetahi Pakeha, ki roto ano i taua Rohe, ko Kata te ingoa, (e 50 eka i tukua ki a ia, e tetahi tangata, pouri ana etahi o ratou, wahi iti kua mate te tangata, na te Putaiki me tetahi Apiha o te Kawanatanga, i whakamutu taua Keti, i whakahoki, te Pakeha me ona taonga ki tona kainga tuturu i roto i enei ra. Tuturu ta Tuhourangi ki! ma te Putaiki, nga tikanga o taua Kohe a muri ake nei, me te tukunga i nga ingoa o nga hapu, o nga tangata, me< te whenua, me ona Rohe katoa, ki roto i ana Kawe- nata, te ingoa o te takiwa. 1 timata i Maungarawhiri, ka ahu atu ki te Tuaraki, te Houroa, te Haumingi, te Wharenui, te Kotuku, ka whati ki te Hauauru, te Puketawhero, Ngapuku Piopio, Tuturu, te Hemo, Tehautu, Wharau- rangi, Aramaka, Rangitoto, Taurangakaeaea, Whare- tawa, te tohu a Hatupatu, Mangaharakeke, Titohea, Waikato, ka whati ki te Tonga, Atiamuri, te Niho- o-te-kiore, Ohakuri, te Motuwhanake, Whare-rarauhe, te Akatarewa, te Hikumaro, Mangakara, Waiotapu, Pukekaikahu, te Rangakaika, Ngatiwhakaawe, Teka- uae, Ngawhiro, haere i te au o Tarawera, ka hono ano ki Maungarawhiri. Tera ano hoki nga wahi o Ngatitama, i tera taha o Waikato, ka tukua ano nga Rohe ki konei. i Ka timata i Waipapa, te Onepu, te Mataii, Puke- moremore, te Waituwha, na Kiwitahi, ka whati ki te Tonga, Pukeikaka, te Wharepurakau, te Pariwhaiti, Ohinekahu, Omarangai, ka whati ki te Marangai, Pu- ketotara, Rerengai, te Punakerikeri, Raepungarehu, Kairaumati, te Pahorehore, Waikato Awa, ka whati ki te Tuaraki, Waiari, Roparua, Totorewa, Waiaute, Ngararanui, Pohaturoa, Ongarahu ka hono ki Waipapa, koinei nga takiwa, hei tikanga pupuri ma te Komiti o te Putaiki, ko nga ingoa enei, o nga tangata o taua Komiti.
Matiu Rangiheuea Paora Waituhi Wiari Ngatai, Ha-mi te Whatinui, Aporo te Whare-kaniwha, Hira Irihei, Kenata Ngahana, Katane Wai-aua, Tamati Paora, .... . Waaka Komene, Hipirini te Whetau, Wiremu Pauro. Kawana Hemara, |