Tenei Pukapuka Whenua nei i te rua tekau ma whitu o nga ra o Tihema i te tau o to 1856. 27 December.Manukau District. tatou Ariki kotahi mano waru rau te rima tekau ma ono He Pukapuka tino whakaae na matou na nga rangatira me nga tangata o tetahi o nga manga o te Iwi o Ngatiwhatua Hikurangi. kia tukua rawatia to matou whenua i huaina nei ko Hikurangi ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia.

A mo to matou whakaaetanga tapu kia tukua nga whenua katoa i roto i nga kaha o tenei wahi o Hikurangi ka oti te ruri i te Kawanatanga e whakaae ana te Kuini o Ingarangi mona kia utua matous ki nga pauna moni E rima tekau takitahi. Ko aua moni e rima tekau takitahi kua riro mai i a matou i tenei ra na te Makarini i tuku mai: ko te Receipt for £50, final payment. utu whakamutunga tenei: a ka ata tukua atu nei ka ata hokoa atu tenei whenua a Hikurangi ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi nga awa nga wai nga rakau me nga mea katoa o taua wahi kia mau rawa i a te Kuini o Ingarangi taua whenua a Hikurangi me nga mea katoa o runga i tenei takiwa a ake ake ake.

This Deed written on the twenty seventh 27 day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six 1856 is the consent of us the Chiefs and People of a branch of the Ngatiwhatua fully to give up our Land called Hikurangi to 1856. 27 December.Manukau District. Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings and Queens after her. Hikurangi.

And in consideration of our sacred consent to give up all the Land contained in the Hikurangi block the boundaries of which have been surveyed by the Government the Queen of England on her part consents to pay us the sum of Fifty pounds £50 and this sum of Fifty pounds £50 has been received by us this day from Donald McLean Receipt for £50 final payment. Esquire which sum is the final payment, and we sell and make over this Land Hikurangi with all things appertaining to it to be held by Victoria the Queen of England for ever and ever.