page_title: Tāmati Wāka Nene
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Tāmati Wāka Nene / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Tāmati Wāka Nene's memorial gravestone in Christ Church, Russel, New Zealand.
context_page_description: Tāmati Wāka Nene was a Māori rangatira of the Ngāpuhi iwi who fought as an ally of the British in the Flagstaff War of 1845–46.
context_section_description: Tāmati Wāka Nene died on 4 August 1871, and is buried in Russell. The Governor at the time, Sir George Bowen, said that Nene did more than any other Māori to promote colonisation and to establish the Queen's authority.
caption: Nene's memorial gravestone in Christ Church, Russell
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