Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te rua tekau o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau o to 1865. 20 January. Coromandel District. tatou Ariki 1865 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiwhanaunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri Whakakapua. 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 E toru tekau ma ona me tekau herini kua utua mai ki a matou e Hemi Pirihi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Ahuahu ko Whakakapua 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 whakaaetinga 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 Hemi Pirihi Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i te Boundaries. [73 acres] hauraro i te taha o te moana i Waiparuparu haere tonu whaka te tonga ki runga ki nga rohe o te whenua o te Kuini i Paeroa me Paoneone a te taukaka o Takanui, ka haere ki runga ki te rohe o te whenua o te Kuini i Hangarua ki te taukaka o Whakarewa, ka whati i kona ka haere whaka te haurunga ki runga ki te rohe o Hangarua tae noa te Ara Paiaka, ka whati i kona haere tonu whaka te hauauru ki Parikorora ka haere tonu i te akau ki Waiparuparu ki te wahi i timata ai, ko te nui o taua whenua e whitu tekau ma toru eka.

This Deed written on this twentieth day of January in the Year of our Lord 1865 is a 1865. 20 January. Coromandel District. full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatiwhaunga 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 Whakakapua. Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of Thirty Six Pounds ten shillings (£36-10-0.) 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 Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island) and named Whakakapua the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees, page 414minerals, 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 Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the Boundaries. [73 acres.] boundaries of the Land commencing at the north on the sea coast at Waiparuparu thence eastward along the boundary of Crown Lands forming the Paeroa block and Paoneone block to the summit of Takanui, thence along the boundary of the Crown Lands forming the Hangarua block to the summit of Whakarewa, thence turning in a southerly direction along the boundary of the Hangarua block to Te Ara Paiaka—turning thence in a westerly direction to Parikorora, thence by the sea coast to Waiparuparu to the point of commencement, the area of the said piece or parcel of land being Seventy Three (73) acres.