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Kōrero: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement

He Kara nā Te Kīngitanga: Te Kara a Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu

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Ko te kara tēnei o te tuaono o ngā Kīngi Māori, te Kuīni Māori tuatahi, Te Atairangikaahu, e rere ana ki Waahi pā, Rāhui Pōkeka. Kei Waahi Pā, i Rāhuipōkeka e tere ana. Ka mate a Dame Te Ata i te tau 2006.

Ko te kara o te Kīngitanga, te kara o te Kīngi o te wā, ka tere ki tōna kāinga ōkawa ki Tūrangawaewae, Ngāruawāhia. Ka haere i mua i a ia ka toro ana ia ki ngā marae e whakanui ana i te kaupapa o Te Kīngitanga. Ka mate ana te Kīngi, ka nehua tahitia me ia te kara nei, ka hangaia ai he kara hōu mō te Kīngi hōu. He tapu rawa te kara hōu, he mea manaaki e te whānau kaitiaki.

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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/photograph/37847/he-kara-na-te-kingitanga-te-kara-a-te-arikinui-te-atairangikaahu (accessed 30 June 2026).

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