Memorandum of Agreement entered into this 17th day of January 1845 Between 1845. 17 January.Auckland District. Hauraki and Hamohoni Native Chiefs of the Tribe of the Ngatiwatuas resident at Kaipara New Zealand of the one part and Samuel Allen Wood of Auckland New Kikitangiai. Zealand Innkeeper of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of S. A. Wood. Forty-One Pounds sterling paid by the said Samuel Allen Wood to the said Native Chiefs Hauraki and Hamohoni (the receipt whereof they do hereby jointly and Receipt for £41. severally acknowledge) they the said Native Chiefs do hereby sell and dispose of to the said Samuel Allen Wood his heirs and assigns for ever All that piece or parcel of Land situate in the North Shore of the Waitemata, New Zealand aforesaid known as Boundaries. [450 acres.] Kikitangiai Bounded in front by the Waitemata River, on the East by a creek known as Okahukura, on the West by land occupied by Jerry Waite, and on the back or North by land belonging to the Natives, Together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, The said Native Chiefs hereby agreeing to sign a proper Deed or Conveyance of the said land to the said Samuel Allen Wood so soon after the same shall be surveyed as they shall be thereunto requested. In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names.