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… Heke Pōkai was born at Pākaraka, near the Bay of Islands, … reputation he gained through his own energy and prowess. Heke was of high standing in the district extending from … Te Oro was attacked and sacked by a Ngāti Whātua war party. Heke and his mother, Te Kona, were taken captive and tied to …
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… Hōne Heke Ngāpua was born at Kaikohe, according to family … Ngāti Kahu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Kahungunu. Hōne Heke was named after his granduncle Hōne Heke Pōkai , who, after the signing of the Treaty of … Ngāpua, Hōne Heke …
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… Hōne Heke Rankin, also known as John Rankin, was born at Gisborne … of Niurangi Pūriri and Hōne Ngāpua, a nephew of Hōne Heke Pōkai , the Bay of Islands leader who signed the Treaty … later cut down the Kororareka flagstaff. Her brother, Hōne Heke Ngāpua , was MHR for Northern Māori from 1893 to 1911. …
Type: Biography
… the Crown was exceeding its authority in the area. Hōne Heke Pōkai and his supporters cut down the flagstaff at … Tāmati Wāka Nene sided with the British. On 11 March 1845 Heke, Te Ruki Kawiti and Pūmuka led an attack on Kororāreka, … Ōtuihu, which was mistakenly thought to be harbouring Heke sympathisers. Most of the supporters of Heke had long …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… a minority spoke in favour of signing. Eventually Hōne Heke Pōkai and Tāmati Wāka Nene, from the Hokianga, … settlers. On 6 February 1840, 43 Ngāpuhi rangatira, led by Heke, signed the treaty. Over the following months a further … and increasing British control over their affairs. Hōne Heke, who had been the first rangatira to sign the treaty in …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… appeal for assistance by Governor Robert FitzRoy after Hōne Heke 's attack on Kororāreka (Russell). Despard, who had … Māori ally, Tāmati Wāka Nene , before advancing on Hōne Heke and Kawiti's pā at Ōhaeawai. On 24 June Despard's … his warriors, who then withdrew behind the pā, where Hōne Heke and most of the garrison were concealed. After some …
Type: Biography
… the northern war against the Crown, Ngāpuhi leader Hōne Heke Pōkai wrote to Governor Robert FitzRoy , asking, ‘What …
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… Zealand's meagre imperial garrison in its campaign against Hone Heke and Kawiti . With the exception of Kororāreka …
Type: Biography
… to its authority. In 1844–45 the northern chief Hōne Heke Pōkai and his followers repeatedly chopped down the … Robert FitzRoy eventually employed armed force to quell Heke and his allies. A later governor, Thomas Gore Browne, …
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Part of story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state
… some Māori believed that they led Nene to oppose Hōne Heke in the northern war of the 1840s. Nene, as a war … shared the concerns of his fellow chiefs, even after Hōne Heke cut down the flagstaff at Kororāreka for the first time … Nene and other leaders still questioned the government's honesty. However, when on 11 March 1845 Heke cut the …
Type: Biography
… upon Māori independence. In 1844 and 1845 Hōne Heke Pōkai cut down the flagstaff flying the Union Jack at …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
… in injuries to participants and police. The protest of Hōne Heke In 1844 Ngāpuhi rangatira Hōne Heke Pōkai showed his disillusion with colonisation by …
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Part of story: Public protest
… acted alone and that they had no wish for war. Only Hōne Heke spoke against handing him over to the government. The …
Type: Biography
… showing Māori paths, the pā of Ngāpuhi leader Hōne Heke Pōkai, and the location of a European gun battery and …
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Part of story: Early mapping
… on Maiki Hill had been donated by Ngāpuhi leader Hōne Heke Pōkai. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, he …
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Part of story: Northland places
… who attended a ceremony which Papahurihia held for Hōne Heke in 1845, said that the sound 'moved about in a … in the oral traditions of Hokianga. In 1845 he became Hōne Heke's war tohunga. When Heke was entrenched at Puketutu in May, after his fourth …
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… As grandson of Te Ruki Kawiti, the principal ally of Hōne Heke , Te Riri unveiled a brass tablet at the flagstaff at … four principal leaders of Ngāpuhi – Te Ruki Kawiti, Hōne Heke, Pōmare II and Tāmati Waka Nene – on the Waitangi …
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… rank; he was Tautoro (Te Tautoro), a descendant of Rangiheketini and Hineira. Whiria was related to Tara of … quarrel with Kawiti, Pōmare remained neutral when Hōne Heke and Kawiti challenged British sovereignty in 1844–46. … his flying a flag of truce. Pōmare sent a message to Heke saying he wished no action to be taken on his behalf; …
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… to British sovereignty and defended the stand by Hōne Heke in the north. In 1845 he told Donald McLean , sub-protector of aborigines in Taranaki, that he believed Heke was 'in the right; that he was asserting his freedom … from the north by other tribes, Mananui could do little for Heke. As a gesture of defiance, however, he strongly opposed …
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… minor government functions, and during the war with Hōne Heke advised the British military on local matters. He was …
Type: Biography