1859. 31 January.This Deed written on this the thirty first 31st day of January in the Year of OurWairarapa District. Lord 1859 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe of Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto subscribed and WitnessethTupapokia. 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 transferredBoundaries. unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Thirty pounds £30 paid to us this day aud twenty Pounds (£20) to us paid by William N. Searancke on the 23rd of June 1858 on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Wairarapa and named Tupapokia 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 Queen Victoria on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the names of William N. Searancke District Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at the mouth of the Matengatenga stream and up the Makahakaha river to its confluence with the Mangahuia stream and up the Mangahuia to its confluence with the Tuwhaikura creek and up the Tuwhaikura to its junction with the Pareranui then (Northward) to Matangikaihau and on to the Pa o Arakaiwherohia here it turns to the Westward to where the Matengatenga takes its rise and down the Matengatenga to its confluence with Makahakaha, where the boundaries join.