On 15 June three more signatures were added to the Manukau-Kāwhia treaty sheet at Kāwhia. The first two signatories were possibly from Ngāti Maniapoto. Police Magistrate W.C. Symonds had instructed the local Kāwhia Wesleyan (Methodist) missionaries, James Wallis and John Whiteley, to find signatories among this iwi (tribe), and sent them the Manukau-Kāwhia treaty sheet from Waikato Heads.
The three signatories were Taonui, from the Patupatu pā in Waikato, Hōne Waitere from Aotea Harbour, and Te Mātenga, who was possibly from Te Wahapū. No details of the discussions with these rangatira (chiefs) were recorded, but a letter from Symonds dated 8 April states that the missionaries should explain the treaty ‘perfectly’ and give signatories blankets, while ensuring this would not be interpreted as a payment or bribe.
