Hone Heke Rankin

For the Māori leader who signed the Treaty of Waitangi and cut down the flag pole at Kororāreka/Russell, seeHōne Heke.

For the Member of Parliament, seeHōne Heke Ngāpua.

Hone Heke RankinOBE(13 January, 1896, – 16 April, 1964), also known asJohn Rankin,was a New Zealand tribal leader, medical worker and farmer. OfMāoridescent, he identified with theNgā Puhiiwi.He was born inGisborne,New Zealand, in 1896 to Matire Ngapua of Ngā Puhi, and her husband, John Claudian (Claudius) Rankin, a Scottish immigrant. Matire Ngapua's brother wasHōne Heke Ngāpua,a Member of Parliament.

In the1962 Queen's Birthday Honours,Rankin was appointed anOfficer of the Order of the British Empire,for services among the Māori people, especially in theNorth.