1859. 14 May.Manawatu District.This Deed executed this fourteenth day (14th) of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine is a document expressing the binding assent of us the chiefs and people of Ngatiraukawa whose names are affixed to this Deed on behalf of ourselves and our relatives and our descendants who may be born after usAwa Hou No. 2. entirely to surrender a certain portion of our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings and Queens who may succeed her for ever.

And in consideration of our assent entirely to surrender this portion of our land Victoria the Queen of England agrees on her part that we shall receive the Sum of Two thousand three hundred and thirty five pounds £2335 Four hundred Pounds £400 of which amount we received on the twelfth 12th day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight 1858 also Fifty Pounds out of the same Sum was handed over by Mr. Searancke to (the) Ngatiapa (tribe) on the third (3rd) day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight 1858 the remainder that is to say the sum of One thousand eight hundred and eighty five Pounds £1885 has been delivered to us by Mr. Searancke this day the fourteenth (14th) day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine 1859.

Boundaries. The boundary of the land commences at Kaiiwi on the sea coast and proceeds to Oruakaitau thence onward in the middle of Omarupapaka where it comes out to the road to Moutoa which it follows to Pukehinau thence to Otekura thence in a straight line to the inland side of the Lake Roto Totara it comes out again at Pakengahau and falls into the course of the Manawatu River then down the Manawatu to its mouth where it turns and follows the coast line to Kaiiwi at the point of commencement.

Grants and reserves. The blocks of land with in these boundaries at Raumatangi Wirokino and Haumiaroa formerly made over to the Queen are not included in this Sale also a piece of land at Te Awahou we have made over a free gift to the half caste children of Kuka (Cook) the boundary of which has been shown to Mr. Searancke by Ihakara and Wereta we have also given a piece of land Te Taukana (Revd. Mr. Duncan) containing about forty (40) acres within the portion of land the boundaries of which were shown by Ihakara to Mr. Searancke these two pieces of land viz. that given by us to the children of Kuku (Cook) and that given to Taukana (Revd. Duncan) we leave to the Government to assent to and confirm also one portion at Te Awahou we leave for Kereopa and Ihakara that portion not to contain more than twenty (20) acres also the burying places for the dead at Moutoa and Whakawehi we still retain in our own possession the settlement of Nepia Taratoa within his fence is for him still the small piece by the side of Te Awahou he must pay for at the rate of Five Pounds £5 per section (¼ acre) the piece betwixt his own fence and Nepia Taratoa's is for Kereopa to be paid for by him at the rate of Five Pounds £5 per section (¼ acre) the settlement at Moutoa is for Wirihana to be paid for by him to Government a certain piece of land is to be reserved for us these are the boundaries commencing at Manawatu at the fence of Te Kuka (Mr. Cook) thence to the land mark of Ihakara (pou Ihakara) thence direct to Auwaituroa thence to Te Mutu at Manawatu thence following the course of Manawatu River to Manawaru where it turns off towards Mukaka to the end of the forest of Tapuiwaru and along the edge of that forest to Paretau and thence to Manawatu.