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
21Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) SheetRawiRawiPort Nicholson 29 April 1840

Rawi signed the Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Treaty of Waitangi sheet on 29 April 1840 at Port Nicholson, Wellington. A signatory named Aperahama Rawi signed the Enclosure No.9 ‘Release from the Kaiwarawara Natives to the New Zealand Company’ in 1844, this may be the same Rawi. [1]

[1] Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims. (NZETC)

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'Rawi', URL: /politics/treaty/signatory/8-21, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 24-Aug-2015

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