Hone Heke Rankin

For the famous Māori leader who signed the Treaty of Waitangi and cut down the flag pole at Kororāreka/Russell, see Hōne Heke.
For the Māori Member of Parliament, see Hone Heke Ngapua.

Hone Heke Rankin OBE (1896–1964) was a New Zealand tribal leader, medical worker and farmer. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Nga Puhi iwi. He was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, in 1896.[1]

In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, Rankin was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services among the Māori people.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ballara, Angela. "Hone Heke Rankin". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42685. p. 4348. 2 June 1962. Retrieved 23 April 2016.


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