1872 18 MarchHauraki District.This Deed made the Eighteenth day of March in the Tear of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Two Between Aperahama te Reiroa Tanumeha te Moananui Moanataiari No. VII. and Pineha Marutuahu of the District of Hauraki in Queen's County in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter termed the said Natives of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part Whereas a Certificate of Title was issued from the Native Lands Court on the Sixth day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one whereby it is certified that the said Natives are the owners according to Native Custom of the exclusive right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of All that portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between high-water mark and low-water mark called or known by the name of Moanataiari Number Seven hereinafter more particularly described And Whereas the said Natives have agreed to Sell to Her said Majesty all their Estate and Interest in the said Foreshore or parcel of Land for the price of Twenty nine pounds fifteen shillings Now this Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Twenty nine Pounds fifteen shillings paid by Her said Majesty to the said Natives (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said Natives Do and each of them Doth hereby Convey Assure Grant and Surrender unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors All that the said right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of All that the said portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between high water mark and low-water mark at Grahamstown in the District of Hauraki in the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of Moanataiari Number Seven containing by admeasurement Four acres Boundaries. [4a. 2r. 38p.] Two roods and Thirty eight perches be the same more or less Bounded towards the North East by High water line, towards the South East by Moanataiari Number Eight A Block, Three thousand and forty five links, towards the South West by low water line, One hundred and fifty five links, and towards the North West by the Moanataiari Number Six Block, Three thousand and Fifty eight links as the same is delineated on the plan hereon With all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging. And all the estate right title interest and demand whatsoever of the said Natives in and to the said Foreshore or parcel of Land and Premises and every part thereof To Have and to Hold unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors for ever. In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first hereinbefore written.

Declaration of Edward Henry Power.I Edward Henry Power of the Thames in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Licensed Native Interpreter do most solemnly and sincerely declare as follows that is to say:—

1	I did faithfully interpret into the Maori language the within Deed to Aperahama Te Reiroa, Tanumeha Te Moananui and Pineha Marutuahu the part named therein immediately before the execution of the said Deed by them.
2	My translation of the said Deed was correct and was understood by the said Aperahama Te Reiroa, Tanumeha Te Moananui and Pineha Marutuahu.
3	The said Deed was executed by the said Aperahama Te Reiroa, Tanumeha Te Moananui in the presence of Edward Walter Puckey and Wirope Hoterene Taipari of Hauraki in the said Province of Auckland Gentlemen and me this Declarant.
4	The name Edward Henry Power set and subscribed as that of one of the Witnesses attesting the due execution of the said Deed is of my proper handwriting and I hold a Certificate authorizing me to act as Interpreter under "The Native Lands Act, 1865" and "The Native Lands Acts 1867" which said Certificate is in full force and effect.
5	The names E. W. Puckey and W. H. Taipari set arid subscribed as that of two of the witnesses attesting the due execution of the said Deed is of the proper handwriting of the said Edward waiter Puckey and Wirope Hoterene Taipari and the said Gentlemen are male adults. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of an Act of The General Assembly of New Zealand aforesaid intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act 1866."