Signing
| Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 235 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Nga Manu | Ngāmanu | Ngāti Pāoa | Karaka Bay? 9 July 1840 |
Ngāmanu signed the Waitangi sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi on 9 July 1840 in Tāmaki (Auckland), possibly at Karaka Bay. He may have been a Ngāti Pāoa rangatira (chief).
In 1864 Ngāmanu was working as a native policeman. He was one of three mediators sent to find those who had escaped from Gate Pā in Tauranga to tell them they could safely surrender to the government. As Ngāmanu travelled through the Waimapu ranges, he reported that people were living in twos and threes under the trees, surviving on berries and fungi.
Ngāmanu signed the 1873 deed of sale for the Whangamatā, part no. 3 block in the Hauraki district to the Crown for £2,065.
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