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Kōrero: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement

He Kara nā Te Kīngatanga: Te Kara a Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

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Kīngitanga flags: Pōtatau Te Wherowhero's flag

Ko te kara kei waenganui o tēnei whakaahua ka hikitia i Haurua i Waikato i te 3 o Aperira 1857 i te whakaaetanga a Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, koia hei Kīngi Māori tuatahi. Kei runga ko ngā kupu ‘Niu Tireni’ (mai i te kupu ‘New Zealand’) me ētehi tohu e toru, e kīia ana, ko ngā motu matua e toru o Aotearoa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, James Cowan Collection (MS-Papers-0039)

Reference: A-138-046

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Rahui Papa rāua ko Paul Meredith, Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement – Origins of the Kīngitanga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/37842/he-kara-na-te-kingatanga-te-kara-a-potatau-te-wherowhero (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rahui Papa rāua ko Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 18 June 2012, updated 1 September 2024.