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Mahu

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
48 Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet Mahu Mahu Ngāpuhi? Te Hikutū? Ngāi Tūpoto? Bay of Islands probably, Date unknown

Mahu signed the Waitangi sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi on an unknown date in 1840, probably in the Bay of Islands. He may have been a rangatira (chief) of Te Hikutū and Ngāi Tūpoto of Ngāpuhi.

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