whakarere rawa
1. (verb) (whakarērea rawatia) to convey, alienate, part with, transfer - a term, usually in the passive form, that appears in 19th Century land deeds.
He pukapuka tino hoko, tino hoatu, tino tuku whakaoti atu nā mātou, nā ngā rangatira me ngā tāngata o Te Patu nō rātou ngā ingoa e mau i raro nei, ā, hei whakaatu tēnei pukapuka mō mātou, mō ō mātou whanaunga me ō mātou uri mō te tuhituhinga o ō mātou ingoa ki tēnei pukapuka i raro i te rā e whiti nei kua whakarērea rawatia, kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitōria, Kuīni o Ingarani, ki ōna uri, ki ngā Kīngi ki ngā Kuīni o muri iho i a ia ... ko taua wāhi whenua katoa kei runga o Ōruru ko Hikurangi (Deed No. 11, Hikurangi Block, Mangonui District 15/3/1861). / A deed of full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us, the chiefs and people of the tribe Te Patu whose names are hereunto subscribed and witnessed, that on behalf of ourselves, our relatives and descendants we have, by signing this deed under the shining sun, parted with and for ever transferred to Victoria, Queen of England, her heirs, the Kings and Queens who may succeed her ... all that piece of land situated at the head of Ōruru and named Hikurangi.
