4-5 May 1840Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Sheet
While travelling through Queen Charlotte Sound at the top of the South Island, missionary Henry Williams gained 14 signatures for the Cook Strait (Henry Williams) copy of the Treaty of Waitangi on 4 May 1840, and 13 more next day. George Thomas Clayton, the captain of the Ariel – the schooner on which Williams was travelling – also witnessed these signatures.
According to Williams, the treaty was explained before being signed and there were no objections. Tribes which had migrated to the South Island only recently found the protection of rights against other claimants offered by the treaty appealing.
Each signatory made a unique mark next to his name.
Signatories
Signature Number |
Signed as | Probable Name | Tribe | Hapū |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Toheroa | Toheroa | Ngāti Tama, Te Āti Awa? | Ngāti Komako |
| 36 | Rewa | Rewa | Ngāi Tahu | |
| 37 | Watino | Whatimo | Te Āti Awa? | |
| 38 | Te Tupe | Eruini Te Tupe | Te Ati Awa | Ngāti Rāhiri |
| 39 | Tiaho | Tiaho | ||
| 40 | Tikaukau | Tī Kaukau | Ngāti Tama? | |
| 41 | Te Orakaka | Te Orakaka | ||
| 42 | Tuterapouri | Tu-Te-Rā-Pourī | ||
| 43 | Te Tirarau | Te Tirarau Kukupa | Ngāti Mutunga | Ngāti Hinetuhi |
| 44 | Ngaoranga | Ngā-oranga | ||
| 45 | Hone | Hōne Ropoama Te One | Te Āti Awa | Ngāti Tuaho, Ngāti Hinga |
| 46 | Inana | Īnanga | ||
| 47 | Kaparangi | Kaparangi | Ngāti Rārua? | |
| 48 | Tapotuku | Tapotuku | ||
| 49 | Huriwenua | Huriwhenua | Te Āti Awa | Ngāti Rahiri |
| 50 | Taukina | Paora Taukina | Te Āti Awa | Ngāti Rahiri |
| 51 | Iwikau | Pitama Te Iwikau | Te Āti Awa? | |
| 52 | Punga | Punga | ||
| 53 | Te Rangowaka | Te Rangowaka | ||
| 55 | Potiki | Wiremu Pōtiki | Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Waitaha | Ngāti Ruahikihiki |
| 56 | Nga Taraheke | Ngā Taraheke | ||
| 57 | Anara | Ānaru | ||
| 58 | Pikau | Pīkau | Ngāti Toa? | Ngāti Te Maunu? Ngāti Kuri? |
| 59 | Te Uapiki | Te Uapiki | Te Āti Awa | |
| 60 | Maru | Maru | ||
| 61 | Karaka | Karaka |
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