Kua riro mai ki a matou na te Makarini i tenei ra ara i te iwa (9) o nga ra o Maehe i 1854. 9 March. Auckland District. te tau o to tatou Ariki 1854 enei taonga ara e toru tekau pauna moni e rua nga Nopera’s Claims. paraikete kotahi pihi kareko e rua tekau pauna taimaha o te tupeka. Hei utu enei mo Receipt for money and goods. a matou wahi whenua katoa ki Manukau ki Waitemata ki Tamaki ki Papakura ara ki nga wahi katoa e tata ana ki Akarana.

We have this day received at the hands of Mr. McLean on the Ninth day of March in 1854. 9 March. the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four 1854 the Sum of Nopera’s Claims. Thirty Pounds Sterling (£30) Two Blankets One Piece Calico and Twenty Pounds Receipt for money and goods. weight of Tobacco in payment for the whole of the Lands we claim at Manukau, Waitemata Tamaki and Papakura, that is to say the whole of the Lands claimed by us and adjacent to the district of Auckland.