Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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4 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Hone Heke | Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai | Ngāpuhi | Te Matarahurahu, Ngati Rāhiri, Ngāi Tāwake, Ngāti Tautahi | Waitangi 6 February 1840 |
Hōne Heke Pōkai was the first rangatira (chief) to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, on 6 February 1840 at Waitangi.
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