Wāta
1. (loan) (personal name) Walter, Walters.
Nō muri ka puta mai a Wāta Kukutai e mau mai ana i te kara o Te Kuīni, ka noho atu i tētehi taha o te marae titiro atu ai ki a Ngāti Haua (Wh4 2004:11). / After that Walter Kukutai appeared bearing the the Queen's flag and sat on one side of the marae facing Ngāti Haua.
Wāta
1. (loan) (personal name) Watts, Watt.
He mea hoki he kupu hē rawa ngā kupu a aua nūpepa, mō te mahi a Wāta mā i utu nei i ngā Māori mō ngā whenua mō Kakirawa, mō Te Awa-a-te-atua (TW 31/3/1877:117). / Those newspapers are indeed very wrong in their statements concerning the activities of Watt and others in purchasing land from the Māori at Kakirawa and Te Awa-a-te-atua.