Tamati Waka Nene was the second son of Tapua and Te Kawehau. "After the visit of the French man-o’-war La Favorite in 1831, he was among the 13 Māori leaders who signed a petition to William IV.... Nene also signed the 1835 Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand which proclaimed the sovereign rights of the Confederation of United Tribes and appealed to William IV for protection."
Biographical sources
- Ballara, Angela. "Nene, Tamati Waka ?-1871." Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 1: 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 306-308.
Other
- "Waka Nene to Governor Fitzroy, September 1844." New Zealand’s First War, or, The Rebellion of Hone Heke. T. L. Buick. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer under the auspices of the Board of Māori Ethnological Research, 1926. 42. Rpt. in Māori Is My Name: Historical Māori Writing in Translation. Ed. John Caselberg. Dunedin, N.Z.: John McIndoe, 1975. 62.
- Nene pledges his support to fight for the Governor if the flagstaff is cut down again.
Other
- Ballara, Angela. "Nene, Tamati Waka ?-1871." Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 1: 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 306-308.