Hōne Heke
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Hōne Heke was a prominent 19th-century Māori rangatira and war leader known for his role in the Flagstaff War and as an early opponent of British colonial authority in New Zealand.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hōne Heke canonical | 5 |
| Hōne Heke Pōkai | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9775825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hōne Heke Context triple: [Ngāpuhi, hasNotableLeader, Hōne Heke]
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A.
Matiu Rata
Matiu Rata was a prominent New Zealand Māori politician and activist who played a key role in advancing Māori rights and recognition, including landmark reforms in land and treaty issues.
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B.
Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha was a prominent 19th-century Māori chief and war leader of the Ngāti Toa iwi, renowned for his strategic prowess and enduring influence on New Zealand history.
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C.
Taupulega
Taupulega is the traditional village council system that governs local affairs and decision-making in the atolls of Tokelau.
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D.
Rangatira
Rangatira is a small, predator-free nature reserve island in New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, renowned for its important seabird colonies and conservation of rare native species.
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E.
Te Heuheu
Te Heuheu is a prominent summit on Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand’s central North Island, named after a distinguished Māori chiefly lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hōne Heke Target entity description: Hōne Heke was a prominent 19th-century Māori rangatira and war leader known for his role in the Flagstaff War and as an early opponent of British colonial authority in New Zealand.
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A.
Matiu Rata
Matiu Rata was a prominent New Zealand Māori politician and activist who played a key role in advancing Māori rights and recognition, including landmark reforms in land and treaty issues.
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B.
Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha was a prominent 19th-century Māori chief and war leader of the Ngāti Toa iwi, renowned for his strategic prowess and enduring influence on New Zealand history.
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C.
Taupulega
Taupulega is the traditional village council system that governs local affairs and decision-making in the atolls of Tokelau.
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D.
Rangatira
Rangatira is a small, predator-free nature reserve island in New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, renowned for its important seabird colonies and conservation of rare native species.
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E.
Te Heuheu
Te Heuheu is a prominent summit on Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand’s central North Island, named after a distinguished Māori chiefly lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Māori rangatira
ⓘ
New Zealand historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ war leader ⓘ |
| action | ordered the cutting down of the Kororāreka flagstaff multiple times ⓘ |
| ally | Te Ruki Kawiti ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hone Heke
ⓘ
Hōne Heke Pōkai ⓘ
linked to:
Hōne Heke
|
| birthName |
Heke Pōkai
ⓘ
linked to:
Hone Heke
|
| burialPlace | Kaikohe region ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Māori oral tradition
ⓘ
New Zealand historiography ⓘ |
| conflict |
Flagstaff War
ⓘ
Northern War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1807 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 6 August 1850 ⓘ |
| dateSignedTreatyOfWaitangi | 6 February 1840 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Māori ⓘ |
| givenName | Hōne ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Māori resistance to colonial rule ⓘ |
| iwi | Ngāpuhi ⓘ |
| language | Māori ⓘ |
| leadershipRole | Ngāpuhi leader ⓘ |
| militaryRank | rangatira (chief) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Flagstaff War
ⓘ
cutting down the British flagstaff at Kororāreka ⓘ opposition to British colonial authority in New Zealand ⓘ role in early New Zealand Wars ⓘ |
| opponent |
British colonial government in New Zealand
ⓘ
linked to:
British colonisation of New Zealand
Governor George Grey ⓘ
linked to:
Sir George Grey
Governor Robert FitzRoy ⓘ
linked to:
Governor Edward John Eyre
|
| placeOfBirth |
Bay of Islands region
ⓘ
linked to:
Northland Region
Northland, New Zealand ⓘ
linked to:
Northland Region
|
| placeOfDeath | Kaikohe, New Zealand ⓘ |
| placeSignedTreatyOfWaitangi | Waitangi, Bay of Islands ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | early Māori opponent of British sovereignty ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Bay of Islands, Northland
ⓘ
linked to:
Bay of Islands
|
| relative | Hongi Hika ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ |
| signatoryOf | Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ |
| signed | Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ |
| spouse | Hariata Rongo ⓘ |
| yearFlagstaffWarBegan | 1845 ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstFlagstaffCutting | 1844 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hōne Heke Description of subject: Hōne Heke was a prominent 19th-century Māori rangatira and war leader known for his role in the Flagstaff War and as an early opponent of British colonial authority in New Zealand.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.