[[Image:HekeKawiti1846.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ko Hariata, ko Hone Heke, ko Te Ruki Kawiti ēnei]]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. 

==Tohutoro==
* Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau URL:[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/Maori_default.asp NZDB]

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