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...

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...

of Niurangi Pūriri and Hōne Ngāpua. He never married. His paternal grandfather was Tuhirangi, the elder brother of Hōne Heke Pōkai. His paternal grandmother...

(Claudius) Rankin, a Scottish immigrant. Matire Ngapua's brother was Hōne Heke Ngāpua, a Member of Parliament. In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours,...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

William Hone (cricketer) (1842–1919), Irish cricketer Hone Harawira, New Zealand politician Hōne Heke (1810?–1850), Māori chief in New Zealand Hōne Heke Ngāpua...

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...

of Governors William Hobson and Robert FitzRoy, and the Ngā Puhi chief Hōne Heke. In 2003, he published the book Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa, an explication...

flagstaff by Hōne Heke was a much more serious incident, Hone Heke's warriors attacked the guard post, killing all the defenders and Heke cut down the...

the Union Jack on Flagstaff Hill above the town. The town was sacked by Hōne Heke, after diversionary raids drew away the British defenders. The flagstaff...

unless they could provide a substitute. Hōne Heke Ngāpua, member of Parliament and great-nephew of the famous Hōne Heke, thought that the Bill went in the...

Kerikeri. Many notable Māori were born in the Bay of Islands, including Hōne Heke who several times cut down the flagpole at Kororāreka (Russell) to start...

first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi in February 1840, Ngā Puhi chief Hōne Heke became increasingly unhappy with the outcome. He objected to the relocation...

missionaries' presence, but did not convert. Hōne Heke attended the CMS mission school at Kerikeri and Heke and his wife Ono, were baptised in 1835. By...

Kona was the mother of Hōne Heke. "Hongi Hika". Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966). Kawharu, Freda Rankin. "Heke Pokai, Hone Wiremu". Dictionary of New...

Wāka Nene captured the pā after Hōne Heke left it to gather food. During failed attempts to retake the pā, Hōne Heke was seriously wounded when shot in...

Māori warriors, led by Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti, during the Flagstaff War in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand. After Heke and Kawiti's sacking...

the same. Hone Heke attended the CMS mission school at Kerikeri in 1824 and 1825. Heke and his wife Ono were baptised on 9 August 1835 and Heke later became...

becoming increasingly unhappy with the outcome of the Treaty of Waitangi. Hōne Heke, a rangatira who was the first to sign the treaty, had been assured by...

British signatories. Of the 40 or so Māori chiefs, the Ngāpuhi chief Hōne Heke was the first to sign the treaty. As each chief signed, Hobson said "He...

subjected to two weeks of bombardment before being successfully attacked. Hōne Heke won the battle and "he carried his point", with the Crown never tried...

Hōne Heke cutting down the flagstaff flying the Union Jack at Kororāreka, 1844...

muskets and hatchets as props Ngāpuhi nobleman Te Ruki Kawiti (right) with Hōne Heke and his wife Hariata Descendants of the Moriori who survived genocidal...

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, George Grey, Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Hōne Heke. Teutenberg's work is one of the first instances of public sculpture constructed...

did not support Hōne Heke's actions in what is known as the Flagstaff War. After the Battle of Kororāreka on 11 March 1845, when Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti...

arrived in New Zealand to take up his appointment as governor. At this time Hōne Heke challenged the authority of the British, beginning by cutting down the...