Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei Tekau ma rua 12 o nga ra o Akuhata i te tau o to 1858. 12 August. Coromandel District. tatou Ariki 1858 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngati Maru me Ngati Whanaunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga Motu Rehu. 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 hakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni E wha tekau £40 kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi mo te. Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Whitianga ko Motu Rehu 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 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 timata i Pukehakoakoa miri tonu ma te Boundaries. [200 acres.] taha o te moana a taka noa ki taua wahi ano.

This Deed written on this twelfth 12th day of August in the Year of our Lord 1858 1858. 12 August. Coromandel District. is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Maru and Ngati Whanaunga 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 Motu Rehu. Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may suuceed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of forty Pounds (£40) to us paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piace of our Land situated at Mercury Bay and named Motu Rehu the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a page 368plan 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 district Commissioner is Boundaries. [200 acres.] hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Pukehakoakoa and following the beach round to the place from whence it commenced.