26 May 1840Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Sheet
On 26 May 1840, Henry Williams and Octavius Hadfield returned to the Manawatū district in the schooner Ariel, captained by George Thomas Clayton. While they were there, seven rangatira (chiefs) from Ngāti Te Ūpokoiri, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Te Whiti, among other tribes (iwi), signed the Cook Strait (Henry Williams) copy of the Treaty of Waitangi. Both missionaries witnessed the signatures, but it was Williams who conducted the negotiations.
Each of these signatories added a distinctive mark next to their name, which was written by Williams.
Signatories
Signature Number | Signed as | Probable Name | Tribe | Hapū |
---|---|---|---|---|
95 | Pakau | Wi Hape Pākau | Te Āti Awa | Ngāti Te Whiti, Ngāti Tawhirikura, Ngāti Te Waiponga |
91 | Paturoa | Rāwiri Paturoa | Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu | Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāi Te Upokoiri, Te Paneiri, Ngāti Hinemanu |
94 | Tauheke | Ihaia Taueki | Muaūpoko | |
90 | Te Ota | Wi Te Ota | Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu | Ngāi Te Upokoiri, Te Paneira |
92 | Te Tohe | Te Tohe | Ngāi Te Upokoiri? | |
93 | Te Wetu | Te Whetū | Ngāti Raukawa | Ngāti Te Ihi Ihi, Ngāti Kauwhata |
96 | Witiopai | Whitiopai | Ngāti Raukawa |
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