1864. 17 September.Whaingaroa Distrct.This Deed written on this seventeenth day of September in the Year of our Lord 1864 is a full and final sale Conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatimahanga of Raglan 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 Waitetuna and Waipa. 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 One Thousand, Five Hundred Pounds (£1,500 . 0 . 0) to us paid by Henry Hanson Turton, Special Commissioner on Price £1,500. behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated between the Rivers Waitetuna and Waipa 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 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, Special Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing on the North at the Boundaries. Maunurima Creek on the Waitetuna Frith and running Easterly till it strikes the Waipa River at the Ngatokorua-a-te-ra-whatiora Creek—On the East by the Waipa River following the course of that stream from the junction of the Ngatokorua-a-te-ra-whatiora Creek to a point immediately opposite the junction of the Mangaotama Creek with the Waipa (near Te Rore)—On the South by a line running from opposite the confluence of the Mangaotama Creek to the Peak of Pirongia Mountain—On the West from the Peak of Pirongia Mountain to the junction of the Manga-onga-onga Creek with the Waitetuna River following the course of the latter River to the mouth of the Maunurima Creek where that stream falls into the Estuary of the Waitetuna.