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- Heke saw this as denying Māori equal status with the government. He had gifted the flagstaff to Kororāreka so that the Māori flag could be flown there. Attacking the flag would emphasise that his grievance was with the government. He had no desire to hurt or alarm settlers. The flagstaff was cut down for the first time on 8 July 1844.
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A fourth attack on the flagstaff on 11 March signalled the outbreak of war in the north. The ‘Flagstaff War’ was no simple matter of Māori versus British – two Ngāpuhi factions squared off against each other. Heke and Kawiti fought both the Crown and Ngāpuhi led by Tāmati Wāka Nene.
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The conflict is best remembered for the actions of Hōne Heke who challenged the authority of the British by cutting down the flagstaff on Flagstaff Hill (Maiki Hill) at Kororāreka (now Russell). The flagstaff had been a gift from Hōne Heke to James Busby, the first British Resident.
On 10 January 1845 Hone Heke chopped down the flagstaff for the second time, an act which demanded Fitzroy’s attention. He issued a bounty of 100 pounds for Heke’s capture and sent a group of soldiers to Kororārkea aboard the brig Victoria.
Nov 19, 2020 · One of the most famous scenes from New Zealand history is Hone Heke cutting down the flagstaff at Kororareka (present-day Russell.) In fact, the flagstaff wasn’t cut down once but 4 times between 1844-5!
The image of Hōne Heke chopping down the British flag on Maiki hill above Kororāreka (Russell) in 1845 is the enduring symbol of the Northern War. At the time this conflict was often called ‘Hōne Heke’s Rebellion’ or the ‘Flagstaff War’.
The first Māori to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, Ngāpuhi chief Hōne Heke Pōkai soon became disenchanted with the consequences of colonisation. He expressed his outrage by repeatedly attacking the flagstaff on the hill above Kororāreka (Russell).
Four years later, disillusioned by the failure of colonisation to bring his people economic prosperity and by the increasing control of the British government over Māori affairs, Heke ordered the cutting down of the flagpole at the British settlement of Kororāreka (which had recently been renamed Russell). This was intended to show ...
