Ariki
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An ariki, ꞌariki, aliki, ali‘i, ari'i, aiki or hakaiki, akariki or ‘eiki is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
Makea Karika Ariki (sitting) and nobles of the Makea Karika tribe, Rarotonga
Arikis at the opening of the 39th Annual General Meeting of the House of Ariki (Cook Islands Herald)
Māori King movement
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The Māori King movement, called the Kīngitanga in Māori, is a Māori movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi of New Zealand in the central North Island in the 1850s, to establish a role similar
Ariki
…Māori culture ariki were men or women. A modern example of a woman in this leadership role is Te Atairangikaahu (r. 1966–2006) the paramount head or Māori Queen of the Waikato federation of tribes. Ariki do not operate in simple hierarchical organisations; despite what "government officers were inclined to…
Ngawaihonoitepo Paki 2019
The flag hoisted at Ngāruawāhia on the proclamation of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as Māori King, drawn in 1863
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King
Tāwhiao, the second Māori king (1860–1894)