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
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)
Tūheitia
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Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, crowned as Kīngi Tūheitia, reigned as the Māori King from 2006 until his death in 2024. He was the eldest son of the previous Māori monarch, Te Arikinui Dame Te Ata
Māori King movement
…services to Māori people...". Her 40-year reign was the longest of any Māori monarch. Following the death of his mother, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Tūheitia was sworn in as the Māori king on 21 August 2006. In August 2014, Tūheitia created a Māori Honours System. There are three awards: the Order of King…
Tūheitia in 2021
Turongo House, the official royal residence, at Tūrangawaewae
Tūheitia with Dame Patsy Reddy, Sir David Gascoigne, and the Makau Ariki, Atawhai, at Tūrangawaewae for the koroneihana celebrations of 2019
Kīngi Tūheitia in 2009