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Biography: Nene, Tāmati Wāka

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Tāmati Wāka Nene

A strong advocate of the Treaty of Waitangi, Ngāpuhi chief Tāmati Wāka Nene persuaded many other chiefs to sign on 6 February 1840. This photograph was taken probably around two decades later.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA2-2211

Photograph by Hartley Webster

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Angela Ballara. 'Nene, Tāmati Wāka', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated November 2001. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/783/tamati-waka-nene (accessed 27 June 2026).