Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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139 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Pi | Arama Karaka Pī | Ngāpuhi | Te Māhurehure | Mangungu 12 February 1840 |
Arama Karaka Pī signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 12 February 1840 at Mangungu, Hokianga. He also attended the 28 April signing at Kaitāia, where he spoke in favour of the treaty.
He was chief of the Māhurehure hapū (subtribe) of Ngāpuhi, based at Waimā in Hokianga. In 1827 he objected that he had not been consulted over the sale of land at Rāwene, on Hokianga Harbour.
He married Rongo (also known as Hariata), who had previously been married to Hōne Heke Pōkai. His son was Wiremu Arama Karaka and his brother was Te Mokaraka.
Pī became a leading government ally during the Northern War of 1845–46. He is thought to have died about 1867.
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