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The Flagstaff War

The Flagstaff War took place on March 11, 1845, in New Zealand. On that day, Chief Hone-Heke led 700 Maoris in the burning of the white settlement Kororareka, which was built in breach of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

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