Objectives of major participants in Hone Heke's War
Government and its military commanders
Aims
· Impose substantive sovereignty of the of British crown.
Objectives
· Kill or capture leaders of resisting Ngapuhi (Heke, Kawiti).
· Destroy their forces.
· Protect settlers and their property.
Resisting Ngapuhi (Hone Heke, Kawiti)
Aims
· Uphold chiefly authority against arbitrary British interference, thus oppose British sovereignty.
· Profitable interaction with Europeans.
Objectives
· Oppose British sovereignty by cutting down the flagpole at Kororareka.
· Defeat British armed forces.
· Protect Ngapuhi (resisting and collaborating) and their property.
· Protect settlers and their property.
· Increase wealth by looting abandoned property.
Collaborating Ngapuhi (Tamati Waka Nene)
Aims
· Uphold chiefly authority against arbitrary British interference, to allow ...
· Profitable interaction with Europeans.
· Discredit Hone Heke.
Objectives
· Persuade resisting Ngapuhi to cease hostilities.
· Reduce influence of Hone Heke.
· Protect Ngapuhi (resisting and collaborating) and their property.
· Protect settlers and their property.
The aims of the two factions of the Ngapuhi differed in emphasis more than in fundamental attitude.