Hopihana
1. (loan) (personal name) Hobson - William Hobson (1792-1842), colonial governor in 1841 and was involved in drafting the Treaty of Waitangi.
...ēnei te aroha o Kuīni Wikitōria ki ngā iwi Māori i whakahaerea e Hopihana Kapetana, Roia Kāwana o Nui Tīreni, i te 6 o ngā rā o Pepuere, 1840 i Waitangi, tae noa ki ngā Kāwana o muri i a ia... (TW 22/6/1878:8/316). / This is the affection of Queen Victoria to the Māori tribes organised by Captain Hobson, Royal Governor of New Zealand on the 6th February, 1840 at Waitangi, including the governors after him.
