Ana Hamu (original) (raw)

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