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- Te_Ruki_Kawiti abstract "Te Ruki Kawiti (1770s–1854) was a prominent Māori rangatira (chief). He and Hone Heke successfully fought the British in the Flagstaff War in 1845–46.He traced descent from Rāhiri and Nukutawhiti of the Ngātokimatawhaorua canoe, the ancestors of the Ngāpuhi.He was born in the north of New Zealand into the Ngāti Hine hapu, one of the subtribes of the Ngāpuhi. From his youth he was trained in leadership and warfare by Hongi Hika. He was present at the Battle of Moremonui in 1807 or 1808 when many Ngāpuhi were slaughtered by Ngāti Whātua. Almost twenty years later, in 1825, he was at the Battle of Te Ika-a-ranga-nui when it was Ngāpuhi's turn to slaughter Ngāti Whātua in an act of utu or revenge. He took a number of Ngāti Whātua captive and refused to hand them over to Hongi Hika, preferring instead to return them to their own people to whom he was related.Kawiti initially refused to sign the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840, believing that it would inevitably lead to further European encroachment and the loss of Māori land. However he eventually yielded to pressure from his own people and signed the Treaty in May 1840, right at the top, above those chiefs who had signed earlier.However he soon grew disenchanted with British law and supported Hone Heke in his protests against British rule. Hone Heke sought support from Kawiti and other leaders of the Ngāpuhi iwi by the conveying of ‘te ngākau’, the custom observed by those who sought help to settle a tribal grievance. Hone Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti worked out the plan to draw the Colonial forces into battle, with the opening provocations focusing on the flagstaff on Maiki Hill at the north end Kororareka. When in March 1845 Heke cut down the flag pole at Kororareka for the fourth time, thereby initiating the Flagstaff War, Kawiti, now in his seventies, created a diversion by attacking the town.The Māori warriors followed their chief and would fight in separate groups; however Kawiti and Heke co-ordinated their tactics at each battle. The conduct of the Flagstaff War appears to follow a strategy of drawing the Colonial forces into attacking a fortified pā, from which the warriors could fight from a strong defensive position that was secure from cannon fire. Kawiti was the senior rangatira and appears to have had a key role in the strategic decisions as to the design of the strengthened defences of Pene Taui's pā at Ohaeawai and the design and construction of the new pā that was built at Ruapekapeka to engage the British forces.".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti birthDate "1770".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti birthYear "1770".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti deathDate "1854".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti deathPlace Waiomio.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti deathYear "1854".
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- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Aperahama_Taonui.
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- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Bay_of_Islands.
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- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Category:1854_deaths.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_leaders_of_the_New_Zealand_Wars.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musket_Wars.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ngāti_Hine.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Category:Treaty_of_Waitangi.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Edward_Garrard_Marsh.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Flagstaff_Hill,_New_Zealand.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Flagstaff_Hill_(New_Zealand).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Flagstaff_War.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink George_Edward_Grey.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink George_Grey.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Governor-General_of_New_Zealand.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Hapu.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Hapū.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Williams_(missionary).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Hokianga.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Hone_Heke.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Hongi_Hika.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Hugh_Carleton.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Iwi.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Kaikohe.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Kawakawa,_New_Zealand.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Kororareka.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Omapere.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Maihi_Paraone_Kawiti.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Moremonui.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Māori_King_Movement.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Māori_people.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Naval_artillery_in_the_Age_of_Sail.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Ngāpuhi.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Ngāti_Hine.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Ngāti_Whātua.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Ngātokimatawhaorua.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Nopera_Pana-kareao.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Ohaeawai.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Okaihau.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Pa_(Māori).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Pakaraka.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Pā.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Victoria.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Rahiri.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Rangatira.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Ruapekapeka.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Russell,_New_Zealand.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Rāhiri.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Tamati_Waka_Nene.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Tapu_(Polynesian_culture).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Taranaki_(iwi).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Te_Ahuahu.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Te_Whareumu.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Gore_Browne.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Titoki,_New_Zealand.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Waitangi.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Tāmati_Wāka_Nene.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Union_Flag.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Union_Jack.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Utu_(Māori_concept).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Waikato.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink Waiomio.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink William_Hulme_(British_Army_officer).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink William_Hulme_(soldier).
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLink File:HekeKawiti1846.jpg.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kawiti".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLinkText "Te Ruki Kawiti".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti wikiPageWikiLinkText "fifth flagstaff at Kororareka".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti dateOfBirth "1770".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti dateOfDeath "1854".
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- Te_Ruki_Kawiti name "Te Ruki Kawiti".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti placeOfDeath Waiomio.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti shortDescription "Māori rangatira".
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- Te_Ruki_Kawiti description "Māori rangatira (chief)".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti description "Māorirangatira(chief)".
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti subject Category:1770s_births.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti subject Category:1854_deaths.
- Te_Ruki_Kawiti subject Category:Military_leaders_of_the_New_Zealand_Wars.