1874. 24 March. Wellington District.Tenei Pukapukai tuhituhia i tenei e rua tekau ma wha o nga ra o Maehe i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1874 he pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Te Taone o Wellington no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro TE ARO PA. (Lots 89 and 90.) 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 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 he whakaritenga mo nga pauna moni £500 e rima rau kua utua mai ki a matou e Charles Heaphy V.C. Komihana o nga Rahui Maori mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Te Aro ki te Taone o Wellington ko Tekehana 89 me 90 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 mo 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. page 123A 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 Charles Heaphy V.C. Komihana o nga rahui Maori. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ki te taha o te Tuarake ko te Buckle Street 407 riniki ki teBoundaries. [2 acres.] taha o te Marangai ko tetahi Tekehana 502 riniki ko te taha o te Tonga ko te Tekehana 88, 407 riniki ki te taha o te Hauauru ko te Taranaki Street 502 riniki.

Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te e rua tekau ma wha o nga ra o Maehe i te tauReceipt for £500. o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e witu tekau ma wha (1874) nga pauna moni e rima rau (£500) ko te utu katoa tenei kua whakahuatia ki te pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Charles Heaphy V.C. mo te Kuini.

1874. 24 March.Wellington District.This Deedwritten on this twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord 1874 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of the town and environs of Wellington City 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 TE ARO PA. (Lots 89 and 90.)Victoria Queen of England 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 sterling (£500) to us paid by Charles Heaphy V.C. Commissioner of Native Reserves on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our land situated at Te Aro in the City of Wellington and named number eighty nine 89 and ninety 90 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 Charles Heaphy V.C. Commissioner of Native Reserves is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land, on the North by Buckle Street 407 links, on the East by other town sections 502 links, on the South by section 88, 407 links and on the West by Taranaki Street, 502 links, the said land containing (2) two acres more or less.

Received this twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundredReceipt for £500. and seventy four (1874) the sum of Five hundred pounds sterling (£500 . 0 . 0) being the full consideration money expressed in the above written deed to be paid by Charles Heaphy V.C. on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.