1848. 27 May.Manukau District.Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te ra 27 o Mei 1848 te whakaaetanga mo mana Rangatira o Ngatiwhatua, te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko Roto. maua me nga o Ngatiwhatua nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka na ka whakaae nei maua me aua tangata ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei utu mo nga pauna moni e rima tekau ka hoatu nei a maua, no konei ka hoatu nei ka tuku atu nei ka Victoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki te Kingi Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake ake ake i tana whenua me nga aha noa iho o tenei kainga (ko Roto te ingoa) Ko ona Boundaries. rohe koia enei ki raro ka timata ki Koemoko ka haere tonu ki te Aute, ki te Maranga ka tutaki ki te whenua o te Kawana ko te kaha te tonga ka timata ki Matawai ka haere ki Whaiatiapa, ko te kaha ki te hauauru ka timata kei Whaiatiapa ka haere a Roto i reira ki Koemoko, ka mutu, kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei. Tirohia o maua ingoa.

1848. 27 May.Manukau District.This Deed written on the 27th May 1848 is the consenting of us Chiefs of Ngatiwhatua also the consenting of Queen Victoria for herself We with the men of Ngatiwhatua owners of the Land herein described do with the men aforesaid hereby agree to sell this Roto. Land to Queen Victoria for the sum of Fifty Pounds sterling now given to us and we now give up and make over to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings and Queens after her for ever this Land with all rights and appurtenances—Roto is the name Boundaries. the boundaries of it are these—On the North it commences at Koemoko thence the boundary runs to Te Auti On the East it is bounded by Government Land On the South the boundaries commence at "Matawar" thence runs to "Whaiatiapa" On the West it commences at "Whaiatiapa" thence it runs to Roto thence to Koemoko where it stops the plan of the Land is drawn on the other side of this.