Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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36 | Sheet 3 — The Waikato-Manukau Sheet | Tamati | Tāmati Ngāpora | Waikato | Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Ata | Manukau Harbour 26 April 1840 |
Tāmati signed the Treaty at Manukau Harbour on 26 April 1840 and was probably Tāmati Ngāpora, a cousin of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero from Ngāti Mahuta. Tāmati Ngāpora’s life’s work was to retain Māori sovereignty and land rights, eventually becoming a key supporter of the Kīngitanga, though he had initially been opposed to the idea. He died in 1885 aged about 80.
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