Ana Hamu Explained

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, 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.^[3]

Te Koki and Hamu gave the Church Missionary Society (CMS) permission to occupy land at Paihia.^{[4] [5] [6]}

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.

Notes and 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). Waitangi Tribunal . 2022. 548 . 19 February 2023.
2. Web site: Ana Hamu. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 27 May 2016.
3. 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). Waitangi Tribunal . 2022. 617 . 19 February 2023.
4. Book: Fitzgerald . Caroline . Marianne Williams: Letters from the Bay of Islands . 2004. Penguin Books, New Zealand . 0-14-301929-5 . 62 .
5. Book: Rogers . Lawrence M. . Te Wiremu: A Biography of Henry Williams. 1973 . Pegasus Press . 55 .
6. Book: Fitzgerald . Caroline . Te Wiremu: Henry Williams – Early Years in the North . 2011. Huia Publishers, New Zealand . 978-1-86969-439-5 . 25, 39–40 .
7. Web site: The Missionary Register. 369. 1848. Early New Zealand Books (ENZB), University of Auckland Library . 9 March 2019.