Signing
| Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Sheet 3 — The Waikato-Manukau Sheet | Pungarehu | Pungarehu | Waikato | Ngāti Apakura | Waikato Heads Late March or early April 1840 |
Pungarehu signed the Waikato-Manukau sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi in late March or early April 1840 at Waikato Heads. He was a Ngāti Apakura rangatira (chief) from Pārāwera, south of Te Awamutu.
Land agent John White wrote to Native Minister Donald McLean in 1871, recommending that a man named Pungarehu be hired as a Native Policeman because there would be fewer complaints from people arrested by a young rangatira of high rank. [1] This Pungarehu may have been a relative of the treaty signatory.
[1] 3 pages written 20 March 1871 by John White in Alexandra to Sir Donald McLean, Object #1003310 from MS-Papers-0032-0632 (ATL)
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