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Kōrero: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state

Te paremata o Te Kotahitanga i Ōrākei, i te tau 1879

Ko te rangatira o Ngāti Whātua ko Paora Tūhaere tērā i tīpakohia e Kāwana Gore Browne kia whakahaere i te hui ki Kohimarama i te tau 1860. I te tau 1879 ka whakatū a Tūhaere i tōna whare rūnanga ki Ōrākei, ka tapaina ko Kohimarama. He whakamaharatanga tēnei ingoa ki te kohinga o ngā rangatira 200 kia whakahē i te Kīngitanga me te āmine atu i ngā kaupapa whenua a te kāwanatanga. Ka hui rātou i Ōrākei mō ngā rangi e waru, ki te wānanga i ngā muru whenua me ētahi atu take. 

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Reference: A-433-003

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Paul Meredith rāua ko Rawinia Higgins, Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state – Sharing kāwanatanga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/37448/te-paremata-o-te-kotahitanga-i-orakei-i-te-tau-1879 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith rāua ko Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 12 June 2012, updated 1 August 2016.