Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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149 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Pero | Pero | Ngāpuhi? | Mangungu 12 February 1840 |
Pero signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 12 February 1840 at Mangungu, Hokianga.
Miria Simpson notes, ‘Two people named Pero signed at Hokianga … One is reputed to be the son of Te Kanawa of Waikato. The other was from Ngati Paoa of Hauraki.’ [1]
[1] Miria Simpson, Nga tohu o te Tiriti: making a mark, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, 1990, p. 26
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