In 1840 more than 500 chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. Ngā Tohu, when complete, will contain a biographical sketch of each signatory.
| Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Hare Popata Waha | Hāre Pōpata Wāka | Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu | Kaitote, Te Patukoraha, Ngāi Taranga | Kaitāia, 28 April 1840 |
Hāre Pōpata Wāka signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 28 April 1840 at Kaitāia. According to the historian T. Lindsay Buick he died in 1862. [1]
[1] T. Lindsay Buick, The Treaty of Waitangi: or, how New Zealand became a British colony, Mackay, Wellington, 1914, p. 206
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