1865. 18 January.Waikato District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te tekau ma waru o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1865 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatitipa no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei Awaroa And Otaua. 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 hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni E rua Rau, e rima tekau kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Tatona, Kai Whakarite whenua mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei te Awaroa, kei Otaua ko te Awaroa, ko Otaua 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 hci 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 Tatona Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i te Au o Karemu ka rere tonu i Boundaries. roto i te Awa o te Awaroa puta noa ki Waikato ka rere haere i te kiritai o Waikato a tae noa ki Totaratahi a ka rere tonu i runga o nga raina ruri i nga ritenga o te Kapehu 293° 50′—326° 0′ me 24° 0′—tae noa ki tona timatanga ara ko a matou wahi whenua katoa i roto i enei rohe.

1865. 18 January.This Deed written on this the eighteenth day of January in the Year of our Lord 1865 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People Waikato District. of the Tribe Ngatitipa whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed Awaroa And Otaua. under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto 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 Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds (£250 . 0 . 0) to us paid by Henry Hanson Turton Special Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at the Awaroa and Otaua and named the Awaroa and Otaua the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan page 586of 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 Henry Hanson Turton Boundaries. Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Te Au Karemu and following the Awaroa river to the Waikato river thence following the bank of the Waikato river to Totaratahi and thence following the Survey lines bearing by compass 293° 50′, 326° 0′ and 24° 0′ to the point of commencement.