1853. 5 April.Manukau District.Ko Te Tuhituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te Rima o nga ra o Aperira i te tau kotahi mano waru rau e rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetanga o matou nga Rangatira o Te Maungaunga te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko matou ko Kahawai. nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei matou ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei utu mo nga moni kotahi rau Pauna £100 kua homai nei ki a matou, 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 to te Hauauru, kei te awa Boundaries. o Manuka, to te tonga kei te awa o Manuka kei Kaiarara te timatanga ka haere a puta noa ki te awa o Otawahi to te marangai kei te awa o te Mauku ka haere to te hauraro koia kei te kopikonga o te awa o te Mauku a ngau noa ki te awa o Manuka ki to te Hauauru kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei. Tirohia o matou ingoa.

This Deed entered into on the Fifth day of April in the year 1853 the consenting of us 1853. 5 April.Kahawai. the Chiefs of the Maungaunga the consenting also of the Queen of England on her part now we the owners of the Land described in this Deed do now consent to sell this Land to Queen Victoria for the sum of £100 now given to us for this we give and make over to Victoria the Queen of England and her Heirs for ever this Land and all thereto belonging.

The Boundaries are these on the West by the Manuka creek on the South at the Boundaries. Manuka creek beginning at a place called Kaiarara and going on until it enters the creek of Otawahi on the East by the creek of the Mauku going on to the North this Boundary being the windings of the Mauku creek until it enters the Manuka creek and joins the West Boundary. A sketch of this Land is on the other side.