Te Ruki Kawiti
Ko Te Ruki Kawiti (1770-80?-1854) nō Ngā Puhi, he tino rangatira, he toa tū taua, he mōhio ki te whakahaere pakanga. I te tau 1840, ka hainatia e ia Te Tiriti o Waitangi. I te 11 o Māehe 1845, ka tū tahi ia me Hone Heke i Kororāreka ki te whakawātea i te huarahi ki te puke ki Maiki, kia taea ai te tapahi i te pou haki. Ko te topenga whakamutunga tēnei, te topenga tuawhā.
I te wā o te pakanga i Te Tai Tokerau (1845-46), ka uru ngā ope a Kawiti rāua ko Heke ki te whawhai ki ngā hōia o Ingarangi. Nō te wā i tae mai a Kāwana Hōri Kerei i te 1845, ka māmingatia ngā hōia o Ingarangi e Kawiti ki te pā o Ruapekapeka, ka whakarērea te pā, ā, ahakoa ehara i te wikitōria mō te taha Ingarihi, ka noho a Kawiti rāua ko Heke ki te hohou i te rongo. Ka kitea i konei ngā pūkenga a Kawiti ki ngā tikanga kawe riri me tana mōhio ki te hanga pā tūwatawata.
Ka hemo ia i Waiomio i te 5 o ngā rā o Mei, 1854.
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