Signing
Signature | Sheet | Signed as | Probable name | Tribe | Hapū | Signing Occasion |
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26 | Sheet 8 — The Cook Strait (Henry Williams) Sheet | Patuhiki | Hōne Wētere Tuhata Te Patuhiki | Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Toa | Ngāti Kaitangata, Ngāti Tūaho | Port Nicholson 29 April 1840 |
Te Patuhiki, also known as Hōne Wētere Tuhata, signed Te Tiriti at Port Nicholson on 29 April 1840.
In 1851, he wrote three letters to Governor Grey, inviting Pākehā to live at Waikanae. One concludes with a whakataukī (proverb): ‘I konei anō au e whakangaua ana e tini kai kore ki te rau kōkako’ (Here am I, driven by lack of food, chewing on pūhā). He has turned this whakataukī around to make a point: it usually refers to lack of food when away from home, in comparison with the bounty of home; but here he is saying that he has no food, even though he is at home.
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