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16 June 1840Sheet 6 — The Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) Sheet

The Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) treaty sheet was signed by 12 Ngāti Awa rangatira (chiefs) at Whakatāne on 16 June 1840. Most of the signatories were from the Ngāti Pūkeko hapū (subtribe).

The trader James W. Fedarb, trading master of the schooner Mercury, was responsible for the treaty sheet taken around the Bay of Plenty and held a signing at Pōhaturoa rock, Whakatāne. Robert Maunsell, an Anglican missionary based at Maraetai, Waikato Heads, witnessed the signatures.

The gifts given out at Whakatāne included 11 pipes, four ditto boxes, three looking glasses, 51 pounds of tobacco, four rows of beads and a slate.

Since 1990, Ngāti Awa have held a dawn ceremony at Pōhaturoa rock every year on 16 June to commemorate the signing.


Signatories

Signature Number Signed assort descending Probable Name Tribe Hapū
21 Haukakawa Haukākawa Ngāti Awa?
23 Matatehokia Matatēhokia Ngāti Awa?
17 Mato Mato Ngāti Awa?
16 Mokai Mōkai Ngāti Awa? Ngāti Pūkeko?
26 Mokai Mōkai Ngāti Awa? Ngāti Pūkeko?
22 Piariari Pīariari Ngāti Awa?
24 Rewa Rewa Ngāti Awa?
18 Tarawatewate Tuarāwhati Ngāti Awa?
20 Taupiri Taupiri Ngāti Awa Ngāti Pūkeko?
15 Tautari Tautari Ngāti Awa Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Tonu
19 Tunui Tūnui Ngāti Awa Ngāti Pūkeko
25 Tupara Tūpara Ngāti Awa? Ngāti Pūkeko?

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Henry Kingi

Posted: 15 Apr 2023

All the signatories were from Ngati Pukeko which at that time was an iwi in its own right. Today Ngati Pukeko is recognised as a hapu of Ngati Awa.

(17) is Te Ngutumatomato and (25) is his son-in-law, Tanira Te Tupara, the husband of Pipiana Te Poutaiaha

Te Ngutumatomato was the son of Nukukaitangata, grandson of Rangitupukiwaho II, great grandson of Nukutaimehameha, and great great grandson of Taiwhakaea II.

Tanira Te Tupara is a descendant of both Uenukurauiri through her son Rangiteaorere, and Rangimamao the wife of Pukeko.

Tanira Te Tupara and Pipiana Te Poutaiaha had one child only my great grandmother, Te Puhi O Te Arawa Tanira, who had my grandfather, Wiremu Kingi Atetini.