Because he was the man! This was not an elected position, it was achieved through heredity or might of arms.
Evie Hone died in 1955.
Evelyn Dennison Hone was born in 1911.
Hone Riiwi Toia died in 1933.
Hone Tana Papahia died in 1912.
hone heke ordered the British flag to be cut down
Hone Heke Rankin died in 1964.
Hone Heke Rankin was born in 1896.
Henry Williams was a Christian missionary who influenced Hone Heke as a child, leading to Heke's eventual conversation to Christianity. Hone Heke was a warrior from New Zealand who fought in numerous battles.
Yes, Hone Heke had several sisters. One of his sisters, Hariata Rongo, was married to the influential Ngapuhi chief, Tawai.
Hone Heke (Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai).
The first person to sign the Treaty of Waitangi was Hone Heke.
hone heke first cut down the flag pole in 1845
1807, at pakaraka, near the bay of islands.
Hone heke was one of the first Maori chiefs to sign the British Government's Waitangi Treaty
No he didnt
he flew to the moon