Henare Potae

Henare Potae (?–1895)  ya kasance shugaban ƙabilar New Zealand. Daga zuriyar Māori, ya bayyana tare da Te Whanau-a-Ruataupare hapū na   wi

Ya kasance a Te Mawhai a kan tudu wanda ya zama kudancin Tokomaru Bay.

A cikin shekarar 1865 ƙungiyar Pai Mārire (wanda aka fi sani da Hauhau) tana aiki a Gabashin Gabas. Potae ya yi tsayayya da Hauhau kuma a ranar 18 ga watan Agusta 1865 kusa da Tahutahu-po, inda Hauhaus ya ɗauki matsayi tsakanin Tokomaru da Tolago Bay, Potae da mayaƙa 36 sun yi yaƙi da babban rukunin Hauhaus a Pakura. Ropata Wahawaha da mayaƙan Ngāti Porou 90 sun kasance kusa da kuma shiga Hauhaus, waɗanda aka ci nasara sosai.   Kimanin 200 Hauhaus, waɗanda aka kore su daga Tokomaru, sun yi hanyarsu a tsakiyar Satumban shekarar 1865 zuwa Waerenga-ā-hika, wanda shine tashar mishan na Church Missionary Society (CMS) wanda Rev. William Williams ya kafa a gundumar Poverty Bay. Potae ya tafi Waerenga-ā-hika tare da 30 zuwa 40 daga cikin mayaƙansa a ranar 28 ga Satumba da 30 ga Oktoba don tallafawa sojojin mulkin mallaka - Forest Rangers da masu sa kai - waɗanda ke adawa da Hauhau.

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1865 an ji tsoron wani hari da Hauhau ya kai. An aika HMS <i id="mwIg">Esk</i> don ɗaukar Potae, Ropata, da Mokena da 260 Ngāti Porou daga Tokomaru Bay. Sun sauka a Poverty Bay a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, kuma, a wannan rana, 100 Forest Rangers, a karkashin Major Fraser, sun isa daga Waiapu. Aikin a Waerenga-ā-hika ya zama filin yaƙi. Bayan da aka ci Hauhau, an tura Te Kooti da magoya bayansa zuwa Tsibirin Chatham, duk da haka sun tsere kuma sun koma Gabashin Gabas. Yaƙi ya sake farawa. Potae da mayaƙansa sun shiga cikin bin Te Kooti . Wani balaguro, wanda ya fara daga Poverty Bay a watan Yunin 1871, an raba shi zuwa kamfanoni huɗu na mutane 50, kowannensu zai iya aiki da kansa idan ya cancanta. Shugabannin sun kasance Potae, Ropata Wahawaha, Kyaftin Porter da Ruka Aratapu. Potae ya shiga cikin aikin a ranar 1 ga Satumba 1871 lokacin da balaguron ya kewaye sansanin Te Kooti a Te Hapua, kodayake Te Kooti ya tsere.

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Category:Mutuwan 1895