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    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...
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    his trust in instigating the Flagstaff War. The outcome of the Flagstaff War is a matter of some debate. Although the war was widely lauded as a British...
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    texts—was the only armed conflict of the New Zealand Wars to take place in the South Island. The Flagstaff War took place in the far north of New Zealand, around...
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    particularly verdant." The Flagstaff War was touched off in 1845 by the repeated felling and re-erection of the Union Jack on Flagstaff Hill above the town....
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    Hōne Heke (category Flagstaff War)
    Hika, an earlier war leader of the Ngāpuhi, in the Musket Wars. Hōne Heke is considered the principal instigator of the Flagstaff War in 1845–46. Heke...
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    (commencing with the Wairau Affray in 1843 and Flagstaff War in 1845) a continuation of the Musket Wars. The increased use of muskets in intertribal warfare...
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    Te Ruki Kawiti (category Flagstaff War)
    rangatira (chief). He and Hōne Heke successfully fought the British in the Flagstaff War in 1845–46. He traced descent from Rāhiri and Nukutawhiti of the Ngātokimatawhaorua...
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    Flagstaff Hill (Maiki Hill) overlooks the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Directly north of the small historical village of Russell, the flagstaff on the...
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  • Northern Wars, a loosely-defined series of conflicts which concluded with the 1700–1721 war The Flagstaff War in Northern New Zealand, 1845-1846 The War in...
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    HMS North Star (1824) (category Flagstaff War)
    was sent to Calcutta, then Sydney, Australia, and when at Sydney, the Flagstaff War began in New Zealand. On 23 March 1845 North Star arrived in New Zealand...
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    Flagstaff is the principal city of the Flagstaff metropolitan area, which includes all of Coconino County, and has a population of 145,101. Flagstaff...
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    Battle of Kororāreka (category Flagstaff War)
    was an engagement of the Flagstaff War in New Zealand. Following the establishment of British control of the islands, war broke out with a small group...
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    Tāmati Wāka Nene (category Flagstaff War)
    the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) who fought as an ally of the British in the Flagstaff War of 1845–46. Tāmati Wāka Nene was born to chiefly rank in the Ngāpuhi...
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    Pōmare II (Ngāpuhi) (category Flagstaff War)
    Waitangi, he 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...
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  • Thomas Beckham (category Flagstaff War)
    Thomas Beckham (1810 – 31 July 1875) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. He represented the City of Auckland electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament...
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  • Aperahama Taonui (category Flagstaff War)
    supported Tāmati Wāka Nene in opposing Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti in the Flagstaff War (1845–46). Aperahama Taonui received a bullet wound, probably in April...
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  • provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America...
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    Battle of Ruapekapeka (category Flagstaff War)
    Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe), led by Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti, during the Flagstaff War in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand. The battle site was a pā...
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    George Grey (category Flagstaff War)
    of the northern war The Southern Cross and The New Zealander blamed Henry Williams and the other CMS missionaries for the Flagstaff War. The New Zealander...
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    Frederick Edward Maning (category Flagstaff War)
    participated in the infamous Black Line and at least witnessed aspects of the Black War. He reportedly did not speak of this period much in his later life. It is...
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  • appeared in the sky; this was seen as an omen of war. Two years later, at the outbreak of the Flagstaff War, Te Atua Wera became a spiritual advisor to Hone...
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    Battle of Ōhaeawai (category Flagstaff War)
    The Battle of Ōhaeawai, part of the Flagstaff War, was fought in July 1845 at Ōhaeawai in Northland, New Zealand. The battle was between British forces...
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  • HMS Hazard (1837) (category Flagstaff War)
    Robertson, operated in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand during the Flagstaff War in 1845. Hazard was in the Bay of Islands on 11 March 1845 when a force...
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    overseas markets. When violence did break out, as in the Wairau Affray, Flagstaff War, Hutt Valley Campaign and Wanganui Campaign, it was generally limited...
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    Jacky Marmon (category Flagstaff War)
    Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, but later during the period now known as the Flagstaff War he and the Hokianga Māori supported the British troops and Tāmati Wāka...
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    Eruera Maihi Patuone (category Flagstaff War)
    through negotiation would always precede military conflicts. During the Flagstaff War (1845–46) he supported his brother Tāmati Wāka Nene in opposing Hōne...
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    Robert FitzRoy (category Flagstaff War)
    by the fourth occasion the First New Zealand War, sometimes called the Flagstaff War or the Northern War, was well under way. FitzRoy quickly realized...
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    William Hulme (British Army officer) (category Flagstaff War)
    career is perhaps better known for his part in the Flagstaff War, 1845–1846, the first Anglo-Māori war. Governor Robert FitzRoy gazetted a proclamation...
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    Crown had exceeded its authority. Heke and his supporters chopped down a flagstaff at Kororāreka to assert this point. However, other hapū of Ngāpuhi led...
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  • Joel Samuel Polack (category Flagstaff War)
    Kororāreka was attacked by Hōne Heke—the Battle of Kororāreka commencing the Flagstaff War. He moved to Auckland (the new capital) where he operated a bonded warehouse...
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