Kaitoke Muriwai (possibly also known as Wata Kaitoke Muriwai) signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 12 February 1840 at Mangungu, Hokianga.
In 1858 Kaitoke met Governor Thomas Gore Browne and said to him: ‘Welcome. Behold the tide which ebbs and flows in Hokianga. It is yours, will you clothe it?’ [1] (‘Haere mai, kahore he kupu; mou a Hokianga; mou te tai e pari nei, mau e whakakakahu te tai nei.’ [2])
[1] Quoted in Te Karere Maori – the Maori Messenger, February 1858, p. 14
[2] Quoted in Te Karere Maori – the Maori Messenger, February 1858, p. 13