Hone Heke was the first maori chief to sign the treaty
Hone Heke
The first person to sign the Treaty of Waitangi was Hone Heke.
Hone Heke was the first chief to sign the treaty.
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The Tuhoe, or Children of the Mist.
No. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed over 60 years after Captain James Cook died.
Hone heke was one of the first Maori chiefs to sign the British Government's Waitangi Treaty
with a feather pen
bcoz they r so dry
Tribes that did not sign the treaty of Waitangi include: Tuhoe, Waikato, Te Arawa, Ngati Paoa and Tuwharetoa.
Ngāpuhi chief Hone Heke was outspoken in his support of the Treaty of Waitangi, and believed to be the first Maori to sign it. It is doubtful whether, without such open support from a well-respected Maori chief, the Treaty would have been accepted by Maori.
Te Tiriti O Waitangi/ The Treaty of Waitangi.