1859. 12 March.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te tekau ma rua o nga ra o Maehe 12th i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1859 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngati Paoa no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a Kauri. 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 ki a 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 kotahi rau e whitu tekau £170 kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Whitianga ko Te Kauri 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 ki a 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 tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Pirihi te Kaiwhakarite Boundaries. Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Waitaia haere tonu ma tatahi a —Pokoharu ka rohe ka rere ki uta a Puke iti a whaka te hauauru ma raki ki Ramarama ka haere whaka te hauauru a—Wharua ka huri ki te hauauru ma tonga a—Mahungataitai maro tonu i reira a Te Kai o Te Paraua ka huri ki te tonga a—tika tonu ki Waitaia.

This Deed written on this the twelfth 12th day of March in the Year of our Lord 1859 1859. 12 March. Coromandel District. is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Paoa whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of 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 Kauri. Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of One hundred and seventy Pounds (£170 . 0 . 0) to us paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Whitianga and named Te Kauri 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 James Preece the Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Boundaries. Waitaia running along the sea beach to Pokoharu where it ends, proceeding thence inland to Pukeiti it goes North Westerly to Ramarama and then more Westerly to Wharua where it turns to the South West as far as Mahungataitai, thence in a straight line to Te Kai o Te Paraua where it turns to the South and proceeds in a right line to Waitaia.