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Rawiri Tītīrangi

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

Signature Sheet Signed as Probable name Tribe Hapū Signing Occasion
19 Sheet 9 — The East Coast Sheet Titirangi Rawiri Tītīrangi Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki Ngāti Wahia, Ngāti Matepu Tūranga, 5-12 May 1840

Rawiri Tītīrangi signed the East Coast sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi between 5 and 12 May 1840 at Tūranga (now Gisborne). He was a rangatira (chief) from Ngāti Wahia and Ngāti Matepu of the Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki iwi (tribe). Rather than signing with a mark or part of his moko (tattoo), Tītīrangi wrote his name.

Tītīrangi was named as one of the owners of the 1,100,000-acre Mangatū No. 1 Block in 1881. In 1893, Tītīrangi’s 1882 Native Land Court certificate for his claim in the Puhatikotiko Block was recognised. He had received £10 in 1882. 

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