Ana Hamu

Ana Hamu was a Māori woman of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) in northern New Zealand. She was a woman of high rank and the owner of the land occupied by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) at Paihia.[1][2][3] Hamu was baptised on 5 October 1834 by the Revd. Henry Williams and adopted the name Ana.[4]

Hamu was the widow of Te Koki,[2][3] a chief of Te Uri-o-Ngongo Hapū. They had at least two children together, Te Ahara and Rangituke. Hamu was a close relative to Eruera Maihi Patuone.

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.[4]

She was connected with the CMS Girls' School in Paihia, where she keep the Māori children within bounds by her presence.[5]

She was believed to be approximately 60 years old when she died in 1848.[5]

References
  1. Fitzgerald, Caroline (2004). Marianne Williams: Letters from the Bay of Islands. Penguin Books, New Zealand. p. 62. ISBN 0-14-301929-5.
  2. Rogers, Lawrence M. (1973). Te Wiremu: A Biography of Henry Williams. Pegasus Press. p. 55.
  3. 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.
  4. "Ana Hamu". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. "The Missionary Register". Early New Zealand Books (ENZB), University of Auckland Library. 1848. p. 369. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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