The battle of kororerareka

In term 1 the years 7 & 8 have been exploring what happens in Russel with the battle of Kororareka. Why did Hone Heke cut the flagstaff 4 times. The reason why Hone Heke cut down the flagstaff ids because the Maori lost  trade with the European, because off the battle of Kororareka  so hone heke was not happy.I have a preastion to show some detail below