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… and he was able to leave Kāwhia. Migrations – ngā heke The first migrations of Ngāti Toa were known as Te Heke Tahutahuahi (the fire-lighting migration). Ngāti Toa … Ngāti Toa headed south to Kāpiti, a journey known as Te Heke Tātaramoa because of the many obstacles (tātaramoa are …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… 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
… his agreement. Early in 1845 he joined forces with Hōne Heke in challenging British sovereignty. At Kororāreka, on … northern war of 1845–46 involved the forces of Kawiti and Heke against British troops and Māori allies. The British … included a cession of land. It is said that he censured Heke, who was tempted to make peace, with these words: 'You …
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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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… 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
… 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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… between British troops and Ngāpuhi forces led by Hōne Heke and Kawiti. The bat’s nest The inaccessible inland site …
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Part of story: Northland places
… in 1898. Te Mahurehure hapu of Nga Puhi, under their leader Hone Toia, were threatening to forcefully oppose imposition … to Hokianga with a force of Permanent Militia to arrest Hone Toia and suppress any disturbances. After arriving at … decided to refrain from violence. After much debate Hone Heke, MHR for Northern Maori, convinced Hone Toia and his …
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… to protect settler interests. In the campaigns against Hōne Heke and his allies in 1845–46 Maning organised supplies to … of the war in the north of New Zealand against the chief Heke , his well-crafted account of the war written from the perspective of an imaginary Māori supporter of Hōne Heke. The work was not published until 1862. The war years …
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… Some whalers, resenting new customs duties, encouraged Hōne Heke to chop down the British flagstaff and fly the American …
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Part of story: North Americans
… early 1900s fellow Māori politicians Apirana Ngata and Hōne Heke Ngāpua would amuse themselves in Parliament by … in the book Souvenir of Ma ori Congress , which Ngata and Heke published in 1908. Indecent song? In 1940 it was …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… minor government functions, and during the war with Hōne Heke advised the British military on local matters. He was …
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… this conflict, according to Robley, he fought against Hōne Heke , but afterwards made friends with him. Pene Taka's …
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… name of Hariata, who was to become the wife first of Hōne Heke and then of Ārama Karaka Pī. Turikatuku may also have …
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… 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
… the ancestor also of Rewa (Mānu), Hongi Hika and Hōne Heke . By marriage as well as descent Patuone was related to … was one of the unresolved issues between them. Hōne Heke later said that this was why Patuone opposed his … 1828, brought other troubles. Patuone's first wife, Te Wheke, died in May; his adult son, Toa, and a younger …
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… always support Māori causes. He was unsympathetic to Hōne Heke , attributing his disaffection to personal ambition and … and interpreter for the British in the wars against Hōne Heke. Although Grey pressed him to remain in government …
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… as a Maori. He married Ihipera (Isabella), daughter of Hone Kingi Raumati, by 1835. He also had liaisons with other … signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. However, during Hone Heke's revolt of 1845, he, like many other Hokianga …
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