1875. 23 June.Whangarei District. Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia e tenei Rua tekau ma toru o nga ra o Hune (23 June) i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1875 he pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu Purua. na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangatao Te Parawhau no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei 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 kia 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 £1861 . 0 . 0 kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Henare Kepa mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi page 129whenua katoa kei Whangarei ko Purua te ingoa o tana 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 kia 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 hei tohu hold 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 Henare Kepa Kaiwhakarite whenua. Boundaries. [15,410 acres.] Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Taurakohia ka haere i runga i te raina o Wairua ki Mangemangeroa, Mangemangenui, Tikiahu, Ngaturepukunui, ka huri Te Repo-a-whara Puketurua, te uri o Mangakowhara, marere noa ki te awa o Wairua, ka rere i taua awa ki Punamatua, ka rere tonu tuhono noa ki te timatanga o te rohe. Otira kei te mapi o te Ruritaga te tino tikanga o te whenua ka oti nei. te hoko.

This Deed written on this twenty-third day of June in the Year of our Lord 1875 is a 1875. 23 June.Whangarei District. fall and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of the tribe Te Parawhau 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 Purua. 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 one thousand eight hundred and sixty one pounds (£1861 . 0 . 0) to us paid by Henry Tacy Kemp on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our land situated at Whangarei and named Purua 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 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 Tacy Kemp, Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land commencing Boundaries. [15,410 acres.] at Taurakohia thence along the boundary of the Wairua block to Mangemangeroa, thence to Mangemangenui, thence to Tikiahu, thence to Ngaturepukunui, thence turning to Te Repo-a-whara thence to Puketurua, thence to the Mangakowhara creek, thence to the Wairua river, thence along that river to Punamatua, thence to the point of commencement. The boundaries however of the said land now sold are more fully described in the survey plan.