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.
| Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Sheet 3 — The Waikato-Manukau Sheet | Waraki | Nūtoni Te Waraki | Ngāti Maniapoto | Waikato Heads Late March or early April 1840 |
Nūtoni Te Waraki signed the Waikato-Manukau sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi at the end of March or beginning of April 1840 at Waikato Heads. He was a rangatira (chief) of Ngāti Maniapoto from Kāwhia.
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'Nūtoni Te Waraki ', URL: /politics/treaty/signatory/3-9, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jun-2016
Kia ora,
Chief Te Waraki aka Nûtone Te Waraki is my great great great grandfather. His only child Hemoata Te Waraki is my great great grandmother and the bearer of great mana and prestige. She fell in love with James Nelson a halfcaste English/Scottish from Cumberland, England. My great great great grandfather disapproved of their union, but however she pursued the love affair and fell pregnant with my great grandfather Hone Nelson. After my great grandfather Hone was born, my great great grandmother Hemoata passed away due to complications. My great great grandfather James Nelson tried to make haste with my great grandfather Hone in tow, Te Waraki told him to leave Hone and go or be killed, so James decided to leave his son behind and left Kawhia. Hone grew up in the traditional ways of the mâori and also learnt the traditional ways of the pakeha. He had twelve children to Hurihia Maupakanga with their oldest child being my grandmother Taerere Hone.
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