Nga Tohu

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.

Signing

SignatureSheetSigned asProbable nameTribeHapūSigning Occasion
100Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) SheetNgaraurekauNgā-raurēkauTe Āti Awa?Waikanae 16 May 1840

Ngā-raurēkau signed the Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Treaty of Waitangi sheet on 16 May 1840, at Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast. He may have been from Te Āti Awa.

Riwai te Ahu wrote to the Superintendent of Wellington in 1830 that Ngā-raurēkau had moved from Waikanae to Waitara to keep possession over it, in fear that Ngāti Maniapoto might return. [1]

[1] III. The Points in Dispute, p.41, The Taranaki Question.

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'Ngā-raurēkau', URL: /politics/treaty/signatory/8-100, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 3-Nov-2015

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