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8. Henry Williams Treaty Copy

At the beginning of April, Henry Williams left the Bay of Islands on the schooner Ariel to carry out treaty negotiations in the south. Having left a treaty copy with William Williams at Turanga (Gisborne) on 8 April, he arrived at Port Nicholson (Wellington) in mid April. For ten days he could not persuade chiefs to sign, but a meeting was finally arranged on the Ariel, where many gave their assent. A number of chiefs in the Queen Charlotte Sound vicinity and at Rangitoto (d'Urville Island) also signed.

In May, Williams received chiefs' agreement at Otaki, Waikanae, in the Manawatu, at Wanganui, and at Motu Ngarara, a small island off the southern tip of Kapiti. He y had intended to take his treaty copy to Otago, but when he returned to Kapiti in early June he found that Major Bunbury had been deputed to promote the treaty in the south. Williams then returned with his copy to the Bay of Islands.

Williams's copy has the names of several women - Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi (4), Rangi Topeora (78) and Rere-o-maki (120). It is possible that other women may have signed, for example Pakewa (33), and Kehu (86), by which name the mother of Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake was known.

All names are prefixed by 'Te tohu o' - The sign of.

Images of Henry Williams Treaty Copy

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Related biographies from the online DNZB

These biographies can be found at www.dnzb.govt.nz - the figure in [ ] indicates signature number

[10] Ngatata-i-te-rangi (? - 1854)
Te Ati Awa leader

Hadfield, Octavius (1814? - 1904 )
Missionary, bishop

Williams, Henry (1792 - 1867)
Missionary

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