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Māori and English queens

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Māori and English queens

Queen Elizabeth II and Dame Te Atairangikaahu are flanked by Prime Minister Jim Bolger (left) and Treaty Settlements Minister Doug Graham at Government House in Wellington on 3 November 1995. On that day, Queen Elizabeth gave the royal assent to the Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1995/4375B/33A-F

by John Nicholson

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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/27170/maori-and-english-queens (accessed 23 June 2026).

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