Rangatira
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In Māori culture, rangatira are tribal chiefs, the leaders of a hapū. Ideally, rangatira were people of great practical wisdom who held authority on behalf of the tribe and maintained boundaries betwe
Īhāia Te Kirikūmara (died 1873), a 19th-century rangatira
A sign explaining the tangata whenua history of The Bricks, Christchurch
Tino rangatiratanga
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Tino rangatiratanga is a Māori language term that translates literally to 'highest chieftainship' or 'unqualified chieftainship', but is also translated as "absolute sovereignty" or "self-determinatio
Rangatira
…c. 1970. Moana Jackson, Ranginui Walker and Tipene O'Regan figure among the most notable of these advocates. The concept of a rangatira is central to rangatiratanga—a Māori system of governance, self-determination and sovereignty. The word rangatira means "chief (male or female), wellborn, noble" and derives from…
The Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand, made to the British Resident in New Zealand on 28 October 1835. The phrase tino rangatiratanga can be seen in the first line of section one.
Tino rangatiratanga is important to Māori and New Zealand culture and politics. Here the phrase is highlighted as it appears in the printed copies of the Treaty of Waitangi, as part of article two (ko te tuarua).