1840. 20 October.Auckland District.Wakarongo e nga tangata katoa ki tenei pukapuka kua oti te tuhituhi e te Kawau, e te Tinana, e te Reweti Tamaki me era atu Rangatira o te Ngatiwatua i tetahi taha e Hori Mataharehare, Opou, and Whau. Karaka te kai tiaki o nga tangata Maori mo te Kuini o Ingarani i tetahi taha kua whakaae mai ratou kia tukua kia hokona tetahi kotinga wenua kia ahatia kia ahatia ranei mo te Kuini o Ingarani oti tonu atu. Ko te Kaha o taua kotinga wenua kua nei Boundaries. [3,000 acres.] te hoko e matou koia tenei ko te kaha ki te Nota ko te awa o Wai te Mata no te awa i huaina ko Mataharehare tae noa ki te awa i huaina ko Opou a no te wakamatenga o Opou maro tonu ki Maunga Wau a tae rawa ki te wakamatenga o Mataharehare no te wakamatenga o Mataharehare tae rawa atu ki te awa o Wai te Mata. Ko te nuinga o taua kotinga whenua koia tenei e toru mano o nga Ekara nui atu nohinohi iho ranei ko Receipt for £50 and goods. te utu mo taua wahi wenua koia tenei E rima tekau Paraikete e rima tekau Pauna moni e rua tekau o nga Tarautete e rua tekau o nga Hate ko tahi tekau o nga Weketi kotahi tekau o nga Kiepa e rua kaho Tupeka kotahi pouaka Paipa kotahi rau Tari Kaone kotahi tekau Kohua ko tahi peke Huka kotahi peke Parawa e rua tekau o nga Patiti. Kia pono to tatou tuhituhinga me to tatou tohu ki tenei pukapuka ka tohungia nei e tatou i te rua tekau o nga ra o Oketopa i te tahi mano e waru rau e wa tekau o nga tau o to tatou Ariki.

1840. 20 October.Auckland District.Listen all people to this Book written by Kawau, Tinana, Reweti Tamaki and other Chiefs of the (tribe) Ngatiwhatua on the one side by George Clarke Protector of the Aborigines for the Queen of England on the other side they have consented to give up Mataharehare, Opou, and Whau. to sell a portion of land to the Queen of England for ever and ever (for whatever purposes Her Majesty may deem right). The Boundary of the said piece of Land we have Boundaries. [3,000 acres.] now sold is this—The Boundary to the North is the River of the Waitemata from the River named Mataharehare reaching the River called Opou and from the extremity of Opou in a straight line to Maunga Wau up to the rise or extremity of Mataharehare and from the extremity of Mataharehare up to the River of Waitemata the extent of this piece of land is this Three Thousand acres more or less. The payment for the said Receipt for £50 and goods. Land is this Fifty Blankets, Fifty Pounds of Money, Twenty trowsers, Twenty shirts, Ten waistcoats, Ten caps, Four Casks of Tobacco One box of pipes One hundred yards of gown pieces Ten iron pots One bag of sugar One bag of Flour Twenty Hatchets. This writing with our signatures in this book is true signed by us on the Twentieth day of October in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty of our Lord.