Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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132 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Wiremu Whangaroa | Wiremu Whangaroa | Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa | Ngāti Pou | Mangungu 12 February 1840 |
Wiremu Whangaroa signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 12 February 1840 at Mangungu, Hokianga. He was a rangatira (chief) of Te Roroa and the son of Te Hukeumu, a famous warrior. He adopted the name ‘Whangaroa’ to remember the expulsion of Ngāti Pou from Whangaroa in 1827 by Hongi Hika.
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