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Haurongo: Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu

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The governor (1977) on NZonScreen

Watch a dramatisation of the events surrounding the signing of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi in 1840 and its aftermath, featuring George Henare as Hōne Heke Pōkai. The governor was a landmark television series about the life of Sir George Grey, and was both ambitious and highly controversial at the time of its release.

Rārangi pukapuka

Belich, J. The New Zealand wars. Auckland, 1986

Buick, T. L. New Zealand's first war. Wellington, 1926

Burrows, R. Extracts from a diary kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's war in the north in 1845. Auckland, 1886

Rutherford, J. Hone Heke's rebellion. Auckland, 1947

Wards, I. The shadow of the land. Wellington, 1968

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Freda Rankin Kawharu. 'Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127035/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).