Story: Te Atairangikaahu Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Queen Elizabeth II at Tūrangawaewae, 1953

Queen Elizabeth II at Tūrangawaewae, 1953

King Korokī (right) and Princess Piki (left), later Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, welcomed Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Tūrangawaewae on 30 December 1953.

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Rāhui Papa and Paul Meredith. 'Te Atairangikaahu Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6t4/te-atairangikaahu-koroki-te-rata-mahuta-tawhiao-potatau-te-wherowhero (accessed 26 April 2024)