Hone Heke and his family

 Hone Heke and his family

Hone Heke's children: Hone heke has two children there names are Hoani and mariann.                                                                          Hoani was 23 and he died september 1965.

Mariann is 81 and died at july 28 2016.

Hone Heke's Parents: Te Kona is Hone Heke's mother and  Tupanapana is his father Te Kona Hone Heke’s mother she was a young singer and Tupanapa people believe he is a historical figure.

Hone Heke: Hone Heke signed the tiriti of waitangi and also translated it to maori people believe that Henry Williams signed it and I do too.Hone Heke was born in Pakaraka, near the bay of islands.

Hone Heke Pokai was a powerful Ngapuhi leader. He was noted for his prowess as a warrior, but also for his enterprise, intelligence and energy in looking after his people's interests. He was the first rangatira (chief) to sign the Treaty of Waitangi. Heke was probably born around 1808.

Hone Heke’s wife: Hōne Heke became a lay preacher in the Anglican church. Riria and the children died promptly and  Hone Heke hitched Hariata (Harriet) Rongo, daughter and  Hone Heke hitched Hariata (Harriet) Rongo, daughter of Hongi Hika, in the Kerikeri chapel on 30 March 1837.

Hone Heke died in 1850 Hone Heke was born in 1807. Hone Heke Pokai (which is his last name)was a powerful Ngapuhi leader. He was noted for his prowess as a warrior, but also for his enterprise, intelligence and energy in looking after his people's interests. He was the first rangatira to sign the Treaty of Waitangi. Heke was probably born around 1807.

Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai, born Heke Pōkai and later often referred to as Hōne Heke, was a highly influential Māori   rangatira of the Ngāpuhi iwi and a war leader in northern New Zealand; he was affiliated with the Ngati Rahiri, Ngai Tawake, Ngati Tautahi, Te Matarahurahu and Te Uri-o-Hau hapu of Ngāpuhi.

It was said that through the parliamentary career, there was never on empty seat when he spoke.

A force for unity: He believed in self-determination for the Maori people, a dream he was never to see realised.

ōne Heke chopping down a British flagpole, 1845

From late 1844 he and his men repeatedly cut down the flagpole above the bay at Kororāreka. In March 1845 he cut it down again and fighting broke out at Kororāreka, then spread throughout central Northland. 

Hone Heke remained a warrior, despite his conversion to Christianity. He had distinguished himself in his first battle at Kororāreka (Russell) in eighteen thirty. In eighteen thirty three he took part in Tītore's expedition against Ōtūmoetai, at Tauranga, where he was wounded and returned home.