Pokaia

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Pokaia (died 1807) was a Ngāpuhi chief from Northland, New Zealand. He was killed in an ambush by the Ngāti Whātua at the battle of Moremonui, where the Ngāpuhi use of muskets marked the first occasion Māori used firearms in warfare.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en|title=Hongi Hika|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966)}} Pokaia's sister Te Kona was the mother of Hōne Heke.{{DNZB|title=Heke Pokai, Hone Wiremu|first=Freda Rankin|last=Kawharu|id=1H16}}