Signing
| Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sheet 7 — The Herald (Bunbury) Sheet | Hauauru | Hauāuru | Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Whanaunga | Coromandel 4 May 1840 |
Hauāuru signed the Herald (Bunbury) Treaty of Waitangi sheet on 4 May 1840 at Coromandel Harbour. He was a rangatira (chief) with connections to both the Ngāti Pāoa and Ngāti Whanaunga iwi (tribes).
A few weeks after the battle of Ōrākau in 1864, Hauāuru and five other Hauraki rangatira accompanied James Mackay, the Assistant Native Secretary, to Auckland on HMS Esk to pay their respects to Governor Grey. [1] Hauāuru was recorded in 1867 as having four other names: Wiropi, Hotereni, Taipari and Tikapa. He was employed as a Native Land Court assessor at Coromandel. Paratene and Hamiora had found gold in the vicinity of his home in Kauaeranga (Thames). [2]
[1] Peace in the Thames district, Hawke's Bay Herald, 27 April 1864, p. 3
[2] The reported goldfield in the Thames, Daily Southern Cross, 22 July 1867, p. 3
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