Nga Tohu

In 1840 more than 500 chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. Ngā Tohu, when complete, will contain a biographical sketch of each signatory.

Signing

SignatureSheetSigned asProbable nameTribeHapūSigning Occasion
10Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) SheetNgatataNgatata-i-te-rangiTe Āti Awa, TaranakiNgāti Te WhitiPort Nicholson 29 April 1840

Ngatata-i-te-rangi signed the Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Treaty of Waitangi sheet on 29 April 1840, at Port Nicholson.

Ngatata-i-te-Rangi belonged to Ngāi Te Whiti, a hapū of Te Ati Awa. He was the son of Te Rangiwhetiki, the brother of Te Marokura, who was the wife of Te Matoha. Their son being Wereta Te Matoha.

After arriving in Waikanae, he soon established Kumutoto Pā alongside his relation, Wi Piti Pomare, in 1824. Ngatata-i-te-Rangi returned to Taranaki in 1832 to defend Otaka Pā, and later went to Wellington to sign the Treaty of Waitangi on 29 April 1840. 

He had six children in total, five to his first wife, Whetowheto from Ngāti Ruanui, and then his second wife was the mother to their daughter Meri Haratua.

He died In 1854, during his visit to Otago to see his daughter.

 

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'Ngatata-i-te-rangi', URL: /politics/treaty/signatory/8-10, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 3-Nov-2015

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