Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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21 | Sheet 5 — The Tauranga Sheet | Hoani Aneta | Hoani Āneta | Ngāi Te Rangi | Tauranga 10 April-May 1840 |
Hoani Āneta signed the Tauranga sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi at Tauranga, probably in April 1840. He was a Ngāi Te Rangi rangatira (chief) and a mission assistant for Alfred Brown of the Anglican Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Tauranga. As well as signing the treaty, Āneta acted as a witness along with CMS missionaries Henry Taylor and James Stack.
For further information and sources see Debbie McCauley, Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki Taurangi: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/tauranga_local_history/topics/show/2423
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