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King Tūheitia

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King Tūheitia

Te Arikinui Tūheitia Paki, the seventh Māori monarch, is shown seated on the throne at Tūrangawaewae on 21 August 2006, soon after his succession to the throne. The line of Māori sovereigns stretches back to 1858.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Te Kīngitanga, 1880 onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27167/king-tuheitia (accessed 21 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.