Te Noke signed the printed sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi, probably in late March or early April 1840. He was a rangatira (chief) of the Waikato hapū Ngāti Te Wehi.
The Te Moke who was recorded as a rangatira of Ngāti Te Wehi in the early 19th century may be the same man. He joined Te Wheoro in a Waikato taua (war party) to attack Whenua-pō, the pā (fortified villiage) of Ngāti Te Rā. Te Hiakai led Ngāti Te Rā away, wanting to avoid a battle, but Ngāti Te Wehi pursued them. Te Moke saw a greenstone hei tiki (pendant) around Te Hiakai’s neck and took it for Te Wheoro.
In 1840 Te Moke and three others signed a deed providing land at Whakatapu for the Aotea mission station.