1855. 5 October.Whangarei District. He Pukapuka tuku whenua tenei i tuhituhia ki Maraekura i tenei rangi i te rima o nga ra o te marama o Oketopa i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano waru rau ma rima tekau Maungakaramea No. I. ma rima 1855 Ko te whakaaetanga tenei o Ngaiporo o Ngaipo o Nga te Oenuku o te Mauuga Ungaunga o Ngatihaua o te Parawhau kia tukua atu tetahi wahi o to matou whenua ki a te Kuini Wikitoria o Ingarangi he utu mo nga pauna moni E rua mano e waru rau £2800.

Boundaries. Ko nga rohe enei o te Kainga ka tukua nei. Ka timata ki Tauoma ki te marere-tanga o te rohe o te tukunga o Maunga Tapere ki te Moana ka haere i runga i te rohe o Maunga Tapere Wanauroa Pukeatua Kotuki ka anga ki te tonga ka haere ki roto i te awa o Torengaua ki te puaretanga ki roto ki te awa o Waiotama ka haere i roto i te awa tae noa te puwaha o Kaitarau tae noa ki te puwaha o te Wai o Hurua ka haere i roto i te Wai o Hurua ka mahue te kouru o te awa ka haere i raro o Tangihua te rohe ka haere tonu Pukemapau ka haere tonu Hurua a ka marere ki te wai o Tauraroa ka anga te rohe ki te marangai ka haere tonu te rohe i roto i te awa o Tauraroa ki Papakarangia ka mahue te awa ka piki ki te pito o Mahakitai ka heke ki te kouru o Hira aute ki Paurairi ka haere i te awa o Hira aute a haere tonu i roto i taua awa tae noa ki Tauoma ki te wahi i timata ai te kaha. E whakaae ana hoki matou kia tukua nga mahinga i kapea i tera hokonga i te taha o te awa Otaika kua oti nei te ruri.

Receipt for £2,000. Kua riro mai ki a matou i te ringaringa o te Honiana (John Grant Johnson) i tenei ra e rua mano pauna o taua moni £2000 koia matou ka whakaae kia tukua rawatia tenei whenua ki a te Kuini Wikitoria o Ingarangi ki ona uri Kingi Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake tonu atu taua whenua me ona puke ngahere rakau kowhatu pari wai roto awa tarutaru me nga aha noa iho o taua whenua he utu mo aua moni e rua mano waru rau pauna koia matou ka tuhituhi i o matou nei ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i tenei ra i te rima o Oketopa i te tau 1855.

This Deed executed at Maraekura on the fifth of October in the year of Our Lord One 1855. 5 October.Whangarei District. Thousand eight hundred and fifty five is the consent of the tribes of Ngaiporo of Ngaipo of Nga te Oenuku of the Maunga Ungaunga of Ngatihaua of the Parawhau to sell a portion of our Land to the Queen of England for the sum of Two Thousand eight hundred pounds £2800. The following are the Boundaries of the Lands we hereby Maungakaramea No. I. give up Commencing at Tauoma where the boundary of the Maunga Tapere purchase falls into the sea thence along the said boundary line of Maunga Tapere Block Wanauroa Boundaries. Pukeatua Otnhi where it turns to the south and goes down the course of the stream Tore Ngaua to its junction with the stream Wai o Tama thence down the course of that river to its junction with the Kaitarau thence up the course of the Kaitarau to its junction with the Waiohurua thence up the course of the Waiohurua to its source thence along the base of the mountain range of Tangihua of Pukemapau of Hurua into the stream of Tauraroa thence up the course of the stream of Tauraroa to Papakarangia thence across the spur of the Mahakitai range to the source of the river of Hira aute at Raurairi thence along the shores of the Hira aute to Tauoma the aforesaid point of commencement. We do also consent to give in the cultivations on the banks of the Otaika river which were exempted in the former sale and which have been surveyed.

We have this day received at the hands of John Grant Johnson Esquire the sum of Receipt for £2,000. Two Thousand Pounds £2000 of the above recited money. Therefore we hereby consent to give up entirely the said Land to the Queen Victoria of England and to her heirs for ever with all its hills forests timber rocks cliffs waters lakes rivers grass and everything appertaining to the said Land in consideration of the above mentioned Two thousand eight hundred pounds. In witness whereof we hereby sign our names to this paper on this 5th day of October in the year 1855.