Hoana Riutoto

Māori woman who signed the Treaty of Waitangi

Hoana Riutoto was a Māori woman from the Ngāti Mahuta sub-tribe (hapū) of the Kāwhia area of Waikato, New Zealand.

Hoana Riutoto signed the Treaty of Waitangi around March/April 1840, at the Waikato Heads. She was one of only a few Māori women to sign the treaty.[1]

Hoana was an ancestor of Te Puea Herangi.

References

  1. ^ "Hoana Riutoto". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 May 2016.


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