Because he was the man!
This was not an elected position, it was achieved through heredity or might of arms.
Hone Heke's wife's name was Hariata. She played a significant role in his life and was a supportive figure during his political and military activities in New Zealand, particularly during the conflicts involving the British colonization.
Evie Hone died in 1955.
Hone Tana Papahia died in 1912.
Evelyn Dennison Hone was born in 1911.
Hone Riiwi Toia died in 1933.
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.
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
Hone Heke was a 19th-century Māori chief in New Zealand who famously cut down the British flagpole in protest of British rule, sparking the Flagstaff War. The name "Hone Heke" itself does not have a specific meaning in English.