1859. 1 April.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei Tuatahi o nga ra o Aperia i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1859 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngati Karaua no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei Paoneone. whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauha moni E ono tekau £60 kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi te Kai whakarite whenua mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Ahuahu ko Paoneone te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou;. take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana page 379ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Pirihi te Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Ngakoromatua haere ma te Boundaries. taha o te moana a—te Waimurunga tapahia a Pouriao tapahia a te Urututu a Waiparapara a Ngakoromatua.

This Deed written on this First day of April in the Year of Our Lord 1859 is a full 1859. 1 April. Coromandel District. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Karaua whose names are hereunto subscribed. And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England. Her Paoneone. Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of Sixty Pounds (£60 . 0 . 0) to us paid by James Preece District Land Purchase Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Ahuahu and named Paoneone the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of James Preece the District Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries Boundaries. of the Land commencing at Ngakoromatua it proceeds along the sea beach as far as Waimurunga whence it cuts across to Pouriao and thence to Urututu whence it proceeds to Waiparapara and Ngakoromatua.