Maori Chief Hone Heke - Flagstaff War

11 March 2012

- WE ALREADY AXED YOU NICELY -

11 March 1845 - The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

Method: photograph of Kororareka with a balsawood and cloth flagpole.