Signing
| Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Sheet | Te Hiko-o-te-rangi | Te Hiko-o-te-rangi | Ngāti Toa, Te Āti Awa | Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Te Manu | Port Nicholson 29 April 1840 |
Te Hiko-o-te-rangi signed the Cook Strait (Henry Williams) sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi on 29 April 1840 at Port Nicholson. He was a rangatira (chief) of Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Te Manu, Ngāti Toa, and Te Āti Awa iwi (tribes). He was married to Topeora, Te Rangihaeata’s daughter, and his nephew was Wī Parata. Te Hiko’s father was Te Pēhi Kupe, who was killed in Kaiapoi, and his mother was Tiaia, daughter of Tuku-tahi of Tainui. He had two sons called Pitoitoi Te Hiko and Matenga Te Hiko. Te Pēhi had visited England in 1836 and been given many gifts. Te Hiko treasured these after his death, particularly a book of the Library of Useful Knowledge which contained his parent’s portrait.
Te Hiko was part of the great migration of Ngāti Toa from Kāwhia to Kāpiti in 1821. In the early 1830s, Te Hiko was asked to come up from Kāpiti and help Ngāti Toa in a fight at Puke-namu.
Te Hiko died at Thorndon hospital, probably in April 1849.
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