Signing
| Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Daniel Kahika | Rāniera Kahika | Ngāpuhi | Mangungu 12 February 1840 |
Rāniera (Daniel) Kahika signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 12 February 1840 at Mangungu, Hokianga.
Kahika made the final speech before the signing:
‘What indeed!’ he said in indignant tones. ‘Do you think I will consent to other people selling my land? No, truly. If my land is to be sold I will sell it myself. But no, I will not sell my land. I do not like the Pakehas to tease me to sell my land. It is bad. I am quite sick with it. This is my speech.’ [1]
[1] T. Lindsay Buick, The Treaty of Waitangi: or, how New Zealand became a British colony, Mackay, Wellington, 1914, p. 142
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