1861. 20 November.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei Te Rua tekau o nga ra o Nowema i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1861 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu naku na tetahi o nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiwhanaunga noku te ingoa e mau i raro Te Roto. nei a nei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka moku mo o oku whanaunga me o oku uri mo te tuhituhinga o toku ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakararea 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 Pauna moni e whitu me nga Herene e rima £7. 5 kua utua mai ki a au e Te Pirihi te kai whakarite Whenua mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e au te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Te Awa Kanae ko te Roto te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e man ana te-korero whakahaere ko te mapi hokib taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona raiau me ona kowhatu. me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua wheniia 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 toku whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei toku ingoa me toku tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o taua Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Pirihi Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko Boundaries. [36 acres.] nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Waitahora ka haere whaka te Marangai a Pukewhau ka haere whaka te Marangai ma tonga a te roto ka huri whaka te Hauauru ka haere ma te ruritanga o te Awakanae a Waitahora.

This Deed written on this Twentieth day of November hrthe Year of our Lord 1861 is 1861. 20 November. Coromandel District. a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by me the Chief and People of the Tribe Ngatiwhanaunga 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 Te Roto. England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of seven pounds five shillings Pounds (£7. 5s.) to me paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that, piece of our Land situated at te Awakanae Coromandel and named Te Roto 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 Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land Boundaries. [36 acres.] commencing at Waitahora running in a Eastern direction to Pukewhau from thence in South-east direction to te Roto thence following the Surveyor's line in a western direction by the Awakanae block to Waitahora.