Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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125 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Abraham Tautoru | Āperahama Taonui | Ngāpuhi | Te Popoto | Mangungu 12 February 1840 |
Āperahama Taonui signed the Waitangi sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi on 12 February 1840 at Mangungu, Hokianga. The ‘very good looking’ young man was a prophet and leader of the Te Popoto hapū (subtribe), and later one of the founders of the Kotahitanga movement.
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