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Letter from Hoani Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anaua; Hoani Hipango, Te Maw...
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Letter from Hoani Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anaua
Letter from Hoani Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anaua
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This letter was written in Maori on 1 July 1843, signed by Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anau, and witnessed by the Reverend Richard Taylor. In translation it means: “To all people, hearken! We, Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anaua have granted to some Pakeha, Lowther and Allison, some land as a home for them, and they agree that they live peaceably there until the day when the price for the said land is fixed by Wakefield and his friends; the name of the said home is Maimui; that is all, it is finished. July 1, 1843. Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Te Mawae, Hori Kingi Te Anaua. Signed Witness, Rich'd Taylor”. This is a permission from Whanganui Maori leaders for two settlers to use some of their land until a sale price is agreed; it is in effect a lease document. Wakefield, mentioned in the letter, was a purchasing agent for the New Zealand Company, the agency made up of British investors seeking to buy land in New Zealand for settlers. All three Maori signatories of this letter also signed the Treaty of Waitangi in Whanganui. Richard Taylor, the witness, was an Anglican Church Missionary Society priest who lived and worked in the wider Whanganui region with a largely Maori pastorate from 1842 until his death in 1873. In 1848, the New Zealand government persuaded Whanganui rangatira (leaders) to accept a payment of £1000 from the New Zealand Company to settle the purchase of the Whanganui district.
This letter was written in Maori on 1 July 1843, signed by Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anau, and witnessed by the Reverend Richard Taylor. In translation it means: “To all people, hearken! We, Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anaua have granted to some Pakeha, Lowther and Allison, some land as a home for them, and they agree that they live peaceably there until the day when the price for the said land is fixed by Wakefield and his friends; the name of the said home is Maimui; that is all, it is finished. July 1, 1843. Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Te Mawae, Hori Kingi Te Anaua. Signed Witness, Rich'd Taylor”. This is a permission from Whanganui Maori leaders for two settlers to use some of their land until a sale price is agreed; it is in effect a lease document. Wakefield, mentioned in the letter, was a purchasing agent for the New Zealand Company, the agency made up of British investors seeking to buy land in New Zealand for settlers. All three Maori signatories of this letter also signed the Treaty of Waitangi in Whanganui. Richard Taylor, the witness, was an Anglican Church Missionary Society priest who lived and worked in the wider Whanganui region with a largely Maori pastorate from 1842 until his death in 1873. In 1848, the New Zealand government persuaded Whanganui rangatira (leaders) to accept a payment of £1000 from the New Zealand Company to settle the purchase of the Whanganui district.
Maker
Hoani Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anaua
Hoani Hipango, Te Mawae and Hori Kingi Te Anaua
Maker Role
Writer
Writer
Date Made
1 July 1843
1 July 1843
Place Made
New Zealand
Medium and Materials
Paper / ink
Paper / ink
Measurements
20 x 25 cm
20 x 25 cm
Subject and Association Description
Lease of Maori land in Whanganui
Lease of Maori land in Whanganui
Object Type
Letter
Letter
Object number
1954.102
1954.102
