1875. 8 April.Hokianga District.This Deed, made the Eighth day of April, 1875, between Her Majesty Queen Victori on the one part, and Pehikuru and Hare Reweti Puataata both of Hokianga Aboriginal Arawhata-Totara No. I. Natives of the Colony of New Zealand, (hereinafter called " the Vendors,") of the other part, witnesseth that, in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and fifty three Receipt for £353. pounds (£353 " ") by Her Majesty paid to the Vendors on the execution hereof (and the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), the Vendors do, and each of them doth, hereby surrender, convey, and assure unto Her said Majesty, all that block or parcel of land containing Two thousand and nineteen acres or thereabouts, known or called Arawhatatotara No.1, as the same is more particularly described in the Schedule hereto, and delineated on the plan drawn on this Deed and edged red together with all rights and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining:

Boundaries. [2,019 acres.] All that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland, containing by admeasurement two thousand and nineteen (2019) acres, more or less, being the block of land called or known as Arawbatotara No. 1, and numbered three thousand one hundred and seventy-eight (3178), situated in the District of Hokianga. Bounded—On the North by the Punakitere River, by a Native reserve two thousand three hundred and forty-four (2344) links and four hundred and ninety (490) links, again by the Punakitere River, by a Native reserve two thousand seven hundred and-fifty-three (2753) links and sixty-four (64) links, again by the said river; towards the East by lines eight hundred and ninety-eight (898) links, nine hundred and ninety-five (995) links, six hundred and twenty-seven (627)-links, and one thousand three hundred and seventy (1370) links; towards the South-east by lines seven hundred and twelve (712) links, two thousand one hundred and forty-nine (2149) links, one thousand four hundred and ninety-seven (1497) links, two hundred and sixty-nine (269) links, two hundred and fifty-two (252) links, one thousand and fifty (1050) links, four thousand eight hundred and ten (4810) links, seven thousand seven hundred and sixty (7760) links, one hundred and sixty-two (162) links, five hundred and ten (510) links, one hundred and forty-five (145) links, two hundred and twenty (220) links, five hundred and twenty (520) links, two hundred and forty-two (242) links, two hundred and sixty-three (263) links, and seventy-nine (79) links; and towards the South-west by a line eleven thousand four-hundred (11400) links.

Maori précis He pukapuka tuku rawa atu tenei na Pehikuru raua ko Hare Reweti Puataata i tera whenua katoa tona ingoa ko Arawhatatotara No. 1, kia Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarangi ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini imuri i a ia ake tonu atu ko te utu mo taua whenua etoru (£350 " - " -) rau e rima tekau ma toru pauna ko te nui e rua mano kotahi tekau ma iwa eka koni ake iti iho ranei ko nga rohe enei ki te kotiu ko te awa o Punakitere e rua nga wahi i motuhia kua oti enei te whakaahua ki te mapi ki te marangai me te marangai ma tonga he raina ruri 895 riniki 995 riniki 627—1370—712—2149—1497— 269—252—1050—4810—7760—162—510—145—220—520—242—263—riniki ka marere ki te awa, Ohaareiti ki te hauauru he raina 11400 riniki ka inarere. ki te timatanga kei te awa o Punakitere.