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    Te Ruki Kawiti (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...
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    Ngāpuhi (redirect from Te Māhurehure)
    (1879–1941), composer, pianist and music teacher Te Ruki Kawiti (1770s–1854), chief Maihi Paraone Kawiti (1807–1889), chief Jason Kerrison (born 1976),...
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    British presence in New Zealand. However, the actions of Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti in 1844 reflect the controversy that began soon after the treaty was...
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    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 of New Zealand...
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    local Ngāpuhi tribe of Māori on one side, and other Ngāpuhi, led by Te Ruki Kawiti, a prominent rangatira (chief), on the other side. The battle was notable...
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  • Digimon Tamers Ruki, a type of Neopet Ruki sound law, a phonological law in some Indo-European branches Te Ruki Kawiti (1770s–1854), Māori rangatira (chief)...
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    1844 that Heke sought the support of Te Ruki Kawiti and other leaders of the Ngāpuhi iwi by the conveying of ‘te ngākau’, the custom observed by those...
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    Musket Wars (redirect from Te Amiowhenua)
    of Hingakaka, was fought between two opposing Māori alliances near modern Te Awamutu, with an estimated 16,000 warriors involved, although as late as about...
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  • into a high ranking family, Te Whareumu was the son of Te Arahi and Te Ruru. He was closely related to Te Ruki Kawiti and Pōmare I (also called Whetoi)...
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  • in the early years of European contact was Te Ruki Kawiti (1770s–1854). Ngāti Hine sought to withdraw from Te Runanga-a-Iwi o Ngapuhi charitable trust in...
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  • Northland, New Zealand in 1807. His father was Te Ruki Kawiti. One of his sons was Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti. Prior to succeeding his father as leader of...
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    arrive on the scene. After the Battle of Kororāreka, Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti and their warriors travelled inland to Lake Ōmāpere near to Kaikohe...
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    flagstaff for the fourth time. At the same time, possibly as a diversion, Te Ruki Kawiti and his men attacked the town of Kororareka. This was the beginning...
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    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 of the Bay of...
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    she is a descendant of Kupe-Nuku, Nukutawhiti, Rāhiri, Hineamaru and Te Ruki Kawiti. The couple settled in Massey, West Auckland, in 1979, and had three...
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    the shores of Lake Ōmāpere; followed by a battle at Te Ahuahu; with the warriors of Te Ruki Kawiti fighting the Battle of Ōhaeawai. St. Michael's Anglican...
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    Union Jack and therefore symbolised the grievances of Heke and his ally Te Ruki Kawiti, as to changes that had followed the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi...
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  • Sir Edmund Hillary (1994) William Hobson (1990) Robert Jack (1992) Te Ruki Kawiti (1990) Truby King (1957) Charles Kingsford Smith (1958) Christopher...
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  • ditches, earth ramparts and multiple terraces. Warrior chiefs like Te Ruki Kawiti realised that these properties were a good counter to the greater firepower...
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    hence the flagstaff symbolised the grievances of Heke and his ally Te Ruki Kawiti, as to changes that had followed the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi...
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    flagstaff erected. On 11 March 1845 Hōne Heke and his men, along with Te Ruki Kawiti and his followers, attacked the town. British forces were outnumbered...
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    dispatches for his part in the capture of the stronghold of Māori chief Te Ruki Kawiti. In 1848 he transferred to the 96th Regiment of Foot in India and took...
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    became the war leader of the Ngāpuhi. His warriors included Te Ruki Kawiti, Mataroria, Moka Te Kainga-mataa, Rewa, Ruatara, Paraoa, Motiti, Hewa and Mahanga...
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    Nene and his brother Eruera Maihi Patuone in opposing Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti. Nopera Panakareao participated in the Battle of Ruapekapeka together...
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    including Hongi Hika, Moetara, Hōne Heke, Te Ruki Kawiti, Waikato, Pōmare, Tītore, Muriwai, Pangari, Taonui, Te Whareumu and Taiwhanga. Patuone was thus...
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    persuade Heke and Kawiti to cease the conflict. In 1846, following the battles at Ōhaeawai pā and Ruapekapeka pā, Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti sought to end...
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  • and his father supported Tāmati Wāka Nene in opposing Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti in the Flagstaff War (1845–46). Aperahama Taonui received a bullet wound...
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  • Rawiri Taiwhanga, tribal leader John Carter politician (National Party). Te Ruki Kawiti, chief and war leader. Billy T. James, comedian Maewa Kaihau, composer...
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    any better plan they decided on a frontal assault the following day. Te Ruki Kawiti and his warriors attacked the colonial forces as they approached the...
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    tuft of grass, in order to placate the spirits of that place. In 1845 Te Ruki Kawiti and Pene Taui fortified Taui's pā (fort), which British forces laid...
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