Hone Heke

Date of birth unknown; died 1846. One of the chiefs of the Maori tribes in New Zealand.

In 1844 and 1845, Hone Heke fought in the Maori Wars, the armed struggle of the Maori against the British colonizers. On several occasions in Kororareka, he destroyed the flagstaff with the British flag, the symbol of colonial supremacy in New Zealand.