Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai (c. 1807/1808 – 7 August 1850), born Heke Pōkai and later often referred to as Hōne Heke, was a highly influential Māori rangatira...
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The Flagstaff War, also known as Heke's War, Hōne Heke's Rebellion and the Northern War, was fought between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846 in and around...
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of Niurangi Pūriri and Hōne Ngāpua. He never married. His paternal grandfather was Tuhirangi, the elder brother of Hōne Heke Pōkai. His paternal grandmother...
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(Claudius) Rankin, a Scottish immigrant. Matire Ngapua's brother was Hōne Heke Ngāpua, a Member of Parliament. In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours,...
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Tāmati Wāka Nene (section Fighting between the warriors of Heke and Nene between Ōkaihau and Te Ahuahu)
other Ngāpuhi chiefs undertook to keep Heke in check and to protect the Europeans in Bay of Islands. Hone Heke did not attend but sent a conciliatory...
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George Grey (section Hōne Heke and the Flagstaff War)
controversial amongst the Ngāti Toa people. In March 1845, Māori chief Hōne Heke began the Flagstaff War, the causes of which can be attributed to the...
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It was, however, a bloodless "war", with only a few shots being fired. Hōne Heke Ngāpua, MHR for Northern Māori, was responsible for de-escalating the...
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Henry Despard, and Māori warriors of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe), led by Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti, during the Flagstaff War in the Bay of Islands region...
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(1770s – 5 May 1854) was a prominent Māori rangatira (chief). He and Hōne Heke successfully fought the British in the Flagstaff War in 1845–46. He traced...
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Chiefs such as Hōne Heke, Pumuka, Te Wharerahi, Tāmati Wāka Nene and his brother Eruera Maihi Patuone were accepting of the Governor. Hōne Heke said: Governor...
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