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Kōrero: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement

Kīngi Tāwhiao

King Tāwhiao

Nō te tau 1882 tēnei whakaahua o Tāwhiao Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, te Kīngi Māori Tuarua, e 22 tau i muri mai o tōna whakawahinga hei Kīngi Māori i te matenga o tōna matua. Kei te mau ia ki tētehi patu parāoa, kua ūwhia ia ki tētehi kahu kiwi.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Gottfried Lindauer

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Rahui Papa rāua ko Paul Meredith, Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement – Tāwhiao, 1860–1894, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/37862/kingi-tawhiao (accessed 24 June 2026).

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

Comments

Teena Te Maro (née Williams)
10 May 2015
Kia ora, I am trying to align my whakapapa to my Nanny Ma (great great-kuia). Her name is Kahutaua (King Tawhiao niece), she was married to my Nanny PA Rikirangi Hohepa.
Diane Frances Charteris
14 August 2013
Sorry I got that wrong. My fourth g. grandfather is; Te Tui O Te Rangi he is uncle to King Tawhiao. Te Tui O Te Rangi's daughter; Rehe Hekina Kenehuru married William Meurant son of Ferdinand Meurant, a French aristocrat. William Meurant was the enterprenuer at the signing of the treaty of Waitangi.
Diane frances Charteris
18 March 2013
I am decended from King Tawhiao, his daughter married a son of a french aristocrat. Willaim Meurant born in Sydney Australia. William Meurant was my grandmother's great grandfather. He was the enterpener at the signing of the treaty of Waitangi.