Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript:Cover Page He Wira Ma Henare Matua Mona uri i muri ara ki nga Tamariki o tona taina tuturu Tipene Matua 8 Tihema 1893 Hatarei I tuhia tenei wira ki Waipaoa Transcript:Ko te wiira ko te ohaki whakamutunga tenei aku a Henare Matua no Porangahau kei te takiwa Porowini o Haaki Pei he rangatira Maori o te Koroni o Niu Tireni.Ka whakahaua e au ki te utu, ki te whakaea katoa aku nama e tika ana ki a utua, ki te utu ano ki taku wahine ki a Hauna Matua nga moni e rua tekau ma rima pauna i ia tau hei oranga mona i te wa e noho takakau ana a ia, a ka moe ia i te taane hei reira ka mutu tonu te utu i taua moni ki a ia, ki te utu ano hoki ki tana tamaiti ki a Ani Hauma nga moni e rua tekau ma rima pauna i ia tau hei oranga mona i te was e noho takakau ana e ia, a ka moe ia i te taane hei reira ka mutu tonu te utu i taua moni ki a ia. Ka tukua ka waihotia e au aku whai paanga ki nga waahi whenua katoa e tika ana ahau, ahakoa whenua kua oti te Karauna Karaati mai ki a ai, kua whakataua mai ranei e te kooti whenua Maori ki au, me aku moni me aku taonga me era atu mea katoa i ahau e mau ana e tika mai ana ranei ki a u i te wa e mate rawa atu ai ahau ki aku tamariki ki a Tuakana Tipene ratou ko Merehina tipene, Te Ruahuihui Tipene me Te Otene Tipene ki a rite tonu te rahi o te hea mo ia mo ia o ratou hei rawa tuturu tonu atu ma ratou me a ratou nei kai riiwhi ranei i muri ia ratou. Ka whakaritea hoki e au ko taku teina ko Tipene Matua he kaiwhakahaere mo tenei wiira aku, me taku whakakore rawa atu i era atu wiira kua oti pea i ahau te hanga i mua atu o tenei. Ka whakatuturutia e au ko tenei taku wiira taku ohaki whakamutunga. Ko te tohu o te whakaotinga tenei kua whakamana nei e au taku ringa ki tenei pukapuka i te tekau ma tahi o nga ra o Tihema Kotahi mano e waru rau e iwa tekau ma toru.Hainatia ana e taua tangata Ohaki nei a Henare Matua me tana whakaatu mai ko tona wiira ko tona ohaki whakamutunga tenei i to maua aroaro i reira e noho tahi ana i taua taima tonu me ia hoki i reira e noho tahi ana matou hainatia e maua o maua ingoa hei kaititiroWhakamāoritanga | TranslationThe Will of Henare Matua Legacy for his children and the children of his true brother Tipene Matua
8 December 1893 Saturday This will was written at Waipawa Page 2:This is the will and final testament of me, Henare Matua of Porangahau in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, a Maori chief of the Colony of New Zealand. I direct that all my just debts be paid and satisfied, and that payment be made to my wife Hauma Matua of twenty-five pounds annually for her maintenance while she remains unmarried, but should she marry, then such payment shall cease entirely. Payment shall likewise be made to her child Ani Hauma of twenty-five pounds annually for her maintenance while she remains unmarried, but should she marry, then such payment shall cease entirely. I give, devise and bequeath all my interests in lands to which I am entitled, whether Crown granted to me or awarded by the Native Land Court, together with my money, property and all other things I possess or which may be due to me at my death, to my children Tuakana Tipene, Merehina Tipene, Te Ruahuihui Tipene and Te Otene Tipene, in equal shares as their absolute property for them and their descendants who may survive them. I hereby appoint my younger brother Tipene Matua as executor of this my will, and I revoke all former wills made by me. I declare this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand to this document this eleventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. Signed by the said testator Henare Matua who declared this to be his last will and testament in our presence, we being present at the same time, and we have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
