Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei tekau ma rua o nga ra o Aperaira i te tau o to 1859. 12 April. Coromandel District. tatou Ariki 1859 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatihau no ratou nga ingoa e mau raro nei a hei Tuhua Nui Island. 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 Ingarini 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 Pauna moni e rima £5 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 te kongutu awa o Waiau ko Tuhua Nui te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero iwhakahaere ko te mapi koki 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 ranei 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 Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka Boundaries. timata i taha Ki te Poroporo taka tonu Ki te taha moana o te taha o te Poroporo.

This Deed written on this Twelfth day of April in the Year of our Lord 1859 is a full 1859. 12 April. Coromandel District. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatihau 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 the Queen of England Her Tuhua Nui Island. Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of Five Pounds (£5. 0. 0.) to us paid by James Preece 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 the mouth of the Waiau River and named Tuhua Nui 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 page 382subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the consent of the Queenn of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of James Preece District Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the Boundaries. boundaries of the Land commencing at the side toward the Poroporo and proceeding along the sea beach until it comes again to Popoporo.