Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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70 | Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet | Hohepa Otene | Hōhepa Te Ōtene Pura | Ngāpuhi | Te Uri Māhoe, Te Uri Kōpura, Ngāti Tama, Te Kohatutaka, Ngāpuhi | Waitangi 6 February 1840 |
Hōhepa Te Ōtene Pura, from Mangamuka, Hokianga, signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi on 6 February 1840. Hōhepa married Rihi, the daughter of Te Rarawa chief Pōroa. During the Northern War of 1845–46 he and his people sided with government forces against Hōne Heke Pōkai.
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