Ana Hamu


Ana Hamu was a Māori woman of the Ngāpuhi iwi in northern New Zealand. She was a woman of high rank and the owner of the land occupied by the Church Missionary Society 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.
She was connected with the CMS Girls' School in Paihia, where she keep the Māori children within bounds by her presence.
She was believed to be approximately 60 years old when she died in 1848.