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
20Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) SheetPaniPaniNgāti TamaNgāti RongonuiPort Nicholson 29 April 1840

Pani was a rangatira from Ngāti Rongonui and Ngāti Tama. He signed the Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Treaty of Waitangi sheet on 29 April 1840 at Port Nicholson.

He may have been Paruku Pani who was one of the signatories of McCleverty’s Deed which sold the Petone Block to the Crown in 1847.

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How to cite this page

'Pani', URL: /politics/treaty/signatory/8-20, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 3-Nov-2015

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