Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei i te rua tekau ma wha (24) o nga ra o Mei i te tau 1865. 24 May. o to tatou Ariki 1865 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na Whangarei District. matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatikahu no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro Otakairangi. nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu kia Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni E rima rau kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Herangi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Wairua ko Otakairangi te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu kia Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o taua Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Herangi Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i roto i Wairua i te ngutu awa o Paparata Boundaries. [5,415 acres.] ka rere kei uta i te taha whakararo o Purua o Karewarewa kei Oniau, i konei ka ahu whakararo kei Motu-uta ki te Repo ka ahu ka rere whakawaha i roto i taua repo ki te Tungutu kei te awa o Okarika ka rere i roto i Okarika tae noa ki te awa o Wairua rere noa i roto i Wairua tae noa atu ki te ngutu awa o Paparata, ka mutu i konei.

This Deed written on this twenty fourth day of May in the Year of our Lord 1865 is 1865. 24 May. a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatikahu whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of Whangarei District. ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Otakairangi. Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of five hundred Pounds (£500 . 0 . 0) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Wairua and named Otakairangi the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of William N. Searancke Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing on the Wairua river Boundaries. [5,415 acres.] at the confluence of the Paparata creek, runs inland in a westerly direction on the north side of the Purua and Karewarewa hills to Oniau, hence northerly to the Swamp to Motu-uta hence Easterly in the Swamp to Te Tungutu on the Okarika river and down the Okarika to its confluence with the Wairua, hence southerly down the Wairua to the point of commencement at Paparata.