The Māori King movement, called the Kīngitanga [a] in Māori, is a Māori movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi (tribes) of New Zealand in the central North Island in the 1850s, to establish a role similar in status to that of the monarchy of the United Kingdom as a way of halting the alienation of Māori land. [3]

Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII GCCT KStJ KCLJ (born Tūheitia Paki; 21 April 1955 – 30 August 2024), crowned as Kīngi Tūheitia, reigned as the Māori King from 2006 until his death in 2024.

2024年8月30日 · The king of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori people, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died peacefully on Friday, according to his representatives. He was 69.

One of New Zealand’s most enduring political institutions, the Kīngitanga (Māori King movement) was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting Māori under a single sovereign. Waikato is the seat of the Kīngitanga.

2024年8月30日 · Kiingi Tuheitia, the Maori king who called for unity among New Zealand’s Indigenous tribes during his 18 years in his ceremonial but influential role, died on Friday. He was 69. His death was...

The longest-serving of the eight Māori monarchs has been Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, who celebrated the 40th jubilee of her coronation on 23 May 2006, a few months before her death. The Māori King movement is an enduring expression of Māori unity that today has an established place in New Zealand society. This has not always been the case.

One of New Zealand’s most enduring political institutions, the Kīngitanga (Māori King movement) was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting Māori under a single sovereign. Waikato is the seat of the Kīngitanga. The early years of the reign of the second king, King Tāwhiao, were dominated by the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s.

2024年9月5日 · Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII has been laid to rest in New Zealand and his youngest child and only daughter has been named as the new Māori monarch. Kuini Nga Wai Hono i te Po was raised up in a ceremony known as te Whakawahinga, in front of thousands of people gathered to mourn Kiingi Tuheitia.

On 23 May 2006 the Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, celebrated the 40th jubilee of her coronation. She was the sixth Māori monarch and the longest-serving.

2024年8月29日 · The Māori king in New Zealand - Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII - has died peacefully at age 69, surrounded by his wife and three children. The Kiingitanga, or Māori king movement,...