1871. 2 Octobor.Hauraki District.This Deed made the Second day of October in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one Between Aihe Pepene and Hirawa te Moananui of the District of Hauraki in Queen's County in the Province of Auckland in the Colony MoanataiariNo. VIIIa. of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter termed the said Natives of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part. Whereas a Certificate of Title was issued from the Native Lands Court on the Sixth day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one whereby it is certified that the said Natives are the owners according to Native Custom of the exclusive right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of all that portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between high-water mark and low-water mark called or known by the name of Moanataiari Number Eight A hereinafter more particularly described. And Whereas the said Natives have agreed to sell to Her said Majesty all their Estate and Interest in the said Foreshore or parcel of Land for the price of Sixteen pounds Now this Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Sixteen pounds paid by Her said Majesty to the said Natives (the Receipt for £16. receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) the said Natives Do and each of them Doth hereby Convey and Assure Grant and Surrender unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors All that the said right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Wishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of All that the said portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between high-water mark and low-water mark at Grahamstown in the District of Hauraki in the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of Moanataiari Number Eight A containing by admeasurement Two acres Two roods and Twelve perches be the same more or less Bounded Boundaries. [2a. 2r. 12p.] towards the North East by High water line towards the South East by the Moanataiari Number Eight B Block Three thousand and Thirty five links towards the South West by Low water line Eighty five links and towards the North West by the Moanataiari Number Seven Block Three thousand and Forty five links as the same is delineated on the Plan drawn hereon With all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging And all the estate right title interest and demand whatsoever of the said Natives in land to the said Foreshore or parcel of Land and Premises and every part thereof To Have and page 478to Hold unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors for ever In Witness whereof the said Parties have Hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first herein-before written.

Declaration of Edward Henry Power. I Edward Henry Power of the Thames in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Licensed Native Interpreter do most solemnly and sincerely declare as follows that is to say—

1	I did faithfully interpret into the Maori language the within Deed to Aihe Pepene and Hirawa Te Moananui the part named therein immediately before the execution of the said Deed by
2	My Translation of the said Deed was correct and was understood by the said Aihe Pepene and Hirawa Te Moananui.
3	The said Deed was executed by the said Aihe Pepene and Hirawa Te Moananui in the presence of Wirope Hoterene Taipari of The Thames in the said Province of Auckland Gentleman and me this Declarant.
4	The name Edward Henry Power set and subscribed as that of one of the Witnesses attesting the due execution of the said Deed is of my proper handwriting and I hold a Certificate authorizing me to act as an Interpreter under "The Native Lands Act 1865" and "The Native Lands Act 1867" which said Certificate is in full force and effect.
5	The name Wirope Hoterene Taipari set and subscribed as that of one of the Witnesses attesting the due execution of the said Deed is of the proper handwriting of the said Wirope Hoterene Taipari and the said Wirope Hoterene Taipari is a male adult.