1858. 23 February.Whangarei District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei i te 23rd o nga ra o Peperuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1858 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Te Mahe. Rangatira me nga Tangata o 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 whakarere 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 ko tahi rau kua utua mai ki a matou e John Grant Johnson mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Whangarei ko te Mahe te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro 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 [gap — reason: deletion] 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 hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o [gap — reason: deletion]ngarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei to ingoa o John Grant Johnson Kaiwhakarite Boundaries. [1,646 acres.] Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Karoronui ka haere i runga i te raina kua oti te rari ka marere ki roto i Mauga whati kei te Whita ka haere i te taha tika, Ohineuha, te Raparapa, Taiamai, Te Kapaha, Te rau o te Miro Wairau Te Mahe, page 155Te Hoanga Okahu Tokinui Maungawhio—ka haere i te awa, te Karaka—a tutaki noa i runga i te raina ruri ki Karoronui, te wahi i timata ai te rohe.

This Deed written on this 23rd day of February in the Year of our Lord 1858 is a full 1858. 23 February.Whangarei District. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe The 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 this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Te Mahe. Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of One Hundred Pounds (£100 . 0 . 0) to us paid by John Grant Johnson 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 Te Mahe 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 John Grant Johnson Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Karoronui thence Boundaries. [1,646 acres.] along the surveyed line until it reaches Mangawhati at the Wita, thence along the sea shore to Ohineuha Te Rapa Rapa Taiamai Te Kapaha Te rau o te Miro Wairau Te Mahe, Te Hoanga, Okahu, Tokinui, Mangawhio thence along the river to the Karaka, and thence along the surveyed line to the point of commencement at Karoronui aforesaid.