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Biography: Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu

Hōne Heke, Te Ruki Kawiti and Hāriata Rongo

Hōne Heke, Te Ruki Kawiti and Hāriata Rongo

This watercolour shows Hōne Heke (centre), his wife Hāriata Rongo (left) and Ngāti Hine chief Te Ruki Kawiti. Heke and Kawiti both signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 – Heke on 6 February and Kawiti in May.

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Reference: C-012-019

Watercolour by Joseph Jenner Merrett

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Freda Rankin Kawharu. 'Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/46680/hone-heke-te-ruki-kawiti-and-hariata-rongo (accessed 4 June 2026).