This watercolour shows Hōne Heke (centre), his wife Hāriata Rongo (left) and Ngāti Hine chief Te Ruki Kawiti. Heke and Kawiti both signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 – Heke on 6 February and Kawiti in May.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
C-012-019
Watercolour by Joseph Jenner Merrett
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