1854. 4 January.Auckland District.Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te wha o nga ra o Hanueri i te tau kotahi mano waru rau e rima tekau ma wha te whakaaetanga o ngatai o Hori Rangatira o Ngatihua Ponui Island. ana o nga Tipaoa te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko Ngatai raua ko Hori nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei raua ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei utu mo nga Moni £25 e rua tekau ma rima ka hoatu nei ki kia maua kia Ngatai raua ko Hori, nokonei ka hoatu nei, ka tuku atu nei ki a Victoria te Kuini o Ingarani, ki te Kingi, Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake, ake, ake, i taua whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei kainga, ko ona rohe koia enei ko te katoatanga o te motu, ko te ingoa koia ko Pounui ko te tino utunga whakamutunga Island to be vacated by Natives rawatanga tenei a e whakaae ana Ngatai kia kawea ana Poaka ki ona whenua, a ko ana ngakinga kia waihotia ko ana riwai kia hokona ki te Pakeha kia waiho paitia ai Pounui mo te Pakeha anake, kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei.

1854. 4 January.This Deed entered into on the 4th of January in the year 1854 being the consent of Auckland District. Ngatai and Hori Chiefs of the Ngati Hua and Ngati paoa the consent also of the Queen of England on her part Now Ngatai and Hori the owners of the land described Ponui Island. in this deed do now agree to sell this land to Queen Victoria for the sum of £25 given now to Ngatai and Hori for this we give up and make over to Victoria the Queen of England and her heirs and successors for ever this land and all thereto belonging the boundaries being these being the whole of that Island called Ponui this being the last and Island to be vacated by Natives final payment. Ngatai agrees to take all pigs from the Island of Ponui to his own lands and to give up his cultivation and dispose of his Potatoe crop to Europeans, so that the Island of Ponui be left solely to Europeans.