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Hori Kingi Te Anaua belonged to the Putiki Wharanui people whose
marae was near the mouth of the Whanganui River. His father
was Te Aewa from Te Ati Haunui a Paparangi; and his mother was
Titia from Te Arawa.
Te Anaua was a leader of the Ngāti Ruaka people of Te Ati Haunui
a Paparangi. He signed the Treaty of Waitangi1 at Whanganui in 1840. He was
baptised at Putiki on Christmas Day 1842 by missionary John Mason
and took the name Hori Kingi or George King. In 1848 he was
appointed a magistrate and in the 1860s an assessor for the
Crown.
Hori Kingi Te Anaua represented his people at the 1869
Kohimarama meeting of Māori chiefs along with other Whanganui rangatira such as Te Mawae Hoani Wi
Hipango, Mete Kingi, Tamati Wiremu, Kawana Paepae and Hori Kerei.2 Te Anaua died at Putiki on 18
September 1868, and was buried at Korowhata Hill, overlooking
Putiki, on 23 September. He is thought to have been about 75 years
of age when he died.3
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