Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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4 | Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Sheet | Kahe | Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi | Ngāti Toa, Te Āti Awa | Port Nicholson 29 April 1840 |
Kahe signed Te Tiriti at Port Nicholson on 29 April 1840. She was the daughter of Ngāti Toa rangatira Te Matoha, who died before the signing of Te Tiriti. Kahe probably signed on behalf of her family and father. She is famous for her epic 1824 swim from Kāpiti Island to the mainland, with her daughter, Rīpeka, strapped on her back, to warn Ngāti Toa of an impending invasion. That stretch of sea is now called Rauoterangi Channel.
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