Ana Hamu

Ana Hamu was a Māori woman of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) in northern New Zealand. She was a woman of high rank. Hamu was closely related to Eruera Maihi Patuone.[1]

Hamu was baptised on 5 October 1834 by the Revd. Henry Williams and adopted the name Ana.[2]

Hamu was the widow of Te Koki,[3][4] a chief of Te Uri-o-Ngongo Hapū. They had at least two children together, Te Ahara and Rangituke. She later became the wife of the chief Pukututu.[5]

Te Koki and Hamu gave the Church Missionary Society (CMS) permission to occupy land at Paihia.[6][3][4]

Hamu gave her signature to the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840, and was one of only a few women to sign the treaty.[2]

She was connected with the CMS Girls' School in Paihia, where she kept the Māori children within bounds by her presence.[7]

She was believed to be approximately 60 years old when she died in 1848.[7]

References
  1. Pre-publication version of part 1 of Tino Rangatiratanga me te Kāwanatanga: The Report on Stage 2 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry – the second volume of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki (Northland) district inquiry report (Wai 1040) (Report). Waitangi Tribunal. 2022. p. 548. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. "Ana Hamu". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. Rogers, Lawrence M. (1973). Te Wiremu: A Biography of Henry Williams. Pegasus Press. p. 55.
  4. Fitzgerald, Caroline (2011). Te Wiremu: Henry Williams – Early Years in the North. Huia Publishers, New Zealand. pp. 25, 39–40. ISBN 978-1-86969-439-5.
  5. Pre-publication version of part 1 of Tino Rangatiratanga me te Kāwanatanga: The Report on Stage 2 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry – the second volume of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki (Northland) district inquiry report (Wai 1040) (Report). Waitangi Tribunal. 2022. p. 617. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  6. Fitzgerald, Caroline (2004). Marianne Williams: Letters from the Bay of Islands. Penguin Books, New Zealand. p. 62. ISBN 0-14-301929-5.
  7. "The Missionary Register". Early New Zealand Books (ENZB), University of Auckland Library. 1848. p. 369. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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