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Te Whāiti

Nga Tohu

In 1840 more than 500 chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. Ngā Tohu, when complete, will contain a biographical sketch of each signatory.

Signing

Signature Sheet Signed as Probable name Tribe Hapū Signing Occasion
18 Sheet 7 — The Herald (Bunbury) Sheet Waiti Te Whāiti Ngāti Toa? Cloudy Bay, 17 June 1840

Te Whāiti signed the Herald (Bunbury) sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi on 17 June 1840 at Cloudy Bay, Marlborough. He may have been a Ngāti Toa rangatira (chief).

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