1854. 17 July.Whangarei District. He pukapuka tuku whenua tenei i tuhituhia kei Omanu i tenei ra i te tekau ma whitu o nga ra o Hurai i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano waru rau ma rima tekau ma wha he pukapuka whakaae pono na matou na nga rangatira o te Ngatiporo o te Patupai o Ngatitu Mangawhai and Waipu. nona nga ingoa e apitiria ana ki tenei pukapuka he mea tuhituhi mo matou ake mo a matou tamariki mo a matou uri mo a matou whanaunga kia tukua rawatia tetahi Claims of Tirarau and Parore. wahi o to matou whenua kia Wikitoria te Kuini o Engarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei i muri i a ia ake tonu atu. A mo te mea kua oti ta matou whakaae kia tukua tetahi wahi Receipt for £200. o to matou whenua kia te Kuini Wikitoria o Engarangi e whakaae ano hoki te Kuini kia tukua mai kia matou kia Erua rau pauna moni kua riro mai aua moni ki a matou i te ringaringa o te Honiana i tenei rangi.

Ko nga rohe tenei o taua whenua ka timata ki te Arai ka haere ki te akau moana te wahapu o Mangawhai ka rere Paepae-o-tu ka rere te Kohekohe ka rere te Wairahi Wakatarariki Waipu te Uritete na ka anga ki roto ki te tuawhenua Poherangi Pukehinau Boundaries. Pohueimi Pukeramarama ka anga ki te tonga te Rata Puketotara Rotomoeho a rere tonu i runga i te kaha te kouru oTaotaoroa te kouru o te Haronga te kouru o Waionepu haere tonu Taumatatahi te kouru o Kaupare ka rere Kohiraunui ka rere i runga i te kaha Kapewhiti te Uri o Whetaue Wakatarauhi ka rere Mairiroaai Taumatatirotiro Pukekohe ka rere te Hakuru ka rere i roto i te Hakuru Haparaunui ka anga ki te moana Whakaraurangi Ruawe Papairi Waitete Nga rakau e wha ka rere te taha o te roto te arai ka mutu.

This Deed conveying land written at Omanu on this seventeenth (17) day of July in 1854. 17 July.Whangarei district. the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four (1854) is a paper of the true consent of us the chiefs of Ngatiporo, te Patukai and Ngatitu whose names are Mangawhai and Waipu. attached to this Document signed on behalf of ourselves, our children our descendants, and our relations fully and entirely to give up a certain portion of our land to Victoria Claims of Tirarau and Parore. the Queen of England to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever. And in consideration of our consent to sell a portion of our land to the Queen Victoria of England, the Queen agrees to give us Two hundred pounds £200 sterling which monies Receipt for £200. we have this day received at the hands of Mr. Johnson. The boundaries of the land are these: commencing at Te Arai, thence along the sea coast to the mouth of Mangawai thence to Paepaeotu, thence to Kohekohe thence to Wairahi, Wakatarariki, Waipu, te Boundaries. Uritete thence inland to Poherangi, Pukehinau, Pohuenui, Pukeramarama thence in a southerly direction to the Raka, Puketotara, Rotomoeho, thence along the ridge to the source of Taotaoroa, the source of Te Haronga, the source of Waionepu, thence to Taumatatuhi, the source of Kaupare, thence to Kohiraunui thence along the ridge to Kapewhiti to Uriowhetau Waka Tararihi, thence to Mairiroai Taumatatirotiro Pukekohe thence to te Hakuru, and in the course of that stream to Kaparaunui thence to the sea, Wakaraurangi, Rauawe, Papawi, Waitete, Ngarakauewha and by the side of the lake to te Arai, where it ends. Now we have for ever ceased to have an interest in that land; we have forsaken and fully given up the land with its rivers, streams, lakes, fresh water, timber, grass, stones, hills, summits, with its fertile spots and barren places, all above and all below the surface and all appertaining to the land we have fully given up to the Queen Victoria of England to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever. And in testimony of our consent to the particulars of this Deed which has been read over to us by Mr. Johnson we hereunto affix our names and marks; and in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England to the conditions of this Deed Mr. Johnson a Commissioner for the purchase of land for the Governor of New Zealand hereunto affixes his name.