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Hāre Mātenga Kawa

Nga Tohu

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.

Signing

Signature Sheet Signed as Probable name Tribe Hapū Signing Occasion
195 Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet Harematenga Kawa Hāre Mātenga Kawa Te Rarawa? Te Patukoraha? Kaitāia, 28 April 1840

Hāre Mātenga Kawa signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 28 April 1840 at Kaitāia.

He died in 1862.

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