# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hone-heke
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:01.832Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hone-heke"
name: "Hōne Heke"
slug: "hone-heke"
description: "Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai, born Heke Pōkai and later often referred to as Hōne Heke, was a highly influential Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) and a war leader in northern New Zealand; he was affiliated with the Ngati Rahiri, Ngai Tawake, Ngati Tautahi, Te Matarahurahu and Te Uri-o-Hua hapū (subtribes) of Ngāpuhi. Hōne Heke fought with Hongi 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."
tagline: "Māori chief (1807-1850)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HoneHeke1845.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1807"
deathDate: "1850-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             1.935483870967742
  historical:           7.732474666666667
  currentAttention:     10.75268817204301
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%8D%E6%81%A9%C2%B7%E8%B5%AB%E5%85%8B"
    title: "霍恩·赫克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hone_Heke"
    title: "Hone Heke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dne_Heke"
    title: "Hōne Heke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dne_Heke"
    title: "Hōne Heke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hone_Heke"
    title: "Hone Heke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%94"
    title: "ჰონე ჰეკე"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dne_Heke"
    title: "Hōne Heke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dne_Heke"
    title: "Hōne Heke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5"
    title: "Хоне Хеке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396821"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump