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Tūheitia Pōtatau Te
Wherowhero VII GCCT KStJ KCLJ (born
Tūheitia ****; 21
April 1955 – 30
August 2024),
crowned as Kīngi
Tūheitia,
reigned as the Māori...
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Tūheitia, the Māori King and
leader of the Kīngitanga, died on 30
August 2024 at the age of 69. The King had been
recovering in
hospital from an unsuccessful...
- He and Te
Atairangikaahu were the
parents of the
seventh Māori monarch,
Tūheitia ****. **** was born in Huntly. His
father was
Wetere **** of the Ngāti...
- when she was
elected to
succeed her
father King
Tūheitia. The
youngest child and only
daughter of
Tūheitia, she is a
direct descendant of the
first Māori...
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mother from the
northern tribe of Te Aupōuri. They had
seven children:
Tūheitia ****,
Heeni Katipa (née ****),
Tomairangi ****, Kiki
Solomon (née ****)...
- mother, Dame Te Atairangikaahu,
Tūheitia was
sworn in as the Māori king on 21
August 2006. In
August 2014,
Tūheitia created a Māori
Honours System. There...
- The
Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award is a
biennial art
award in New Zealand,
hosted in
Wellington by the New
Zealand Portrait Gallery in
partnership with...
-
Tuheitia's mother, Te Atairangikaahu, the
first Māori
Queen and
first Māori to be made a Dame of the
Order of the
British Empire. In 2023,
Tuheitia recognized...
- was
elected and
became King in June 1858. The
current monarch is King
Tuheitia Potatau Te
Wherowhero VII, who was
elected and
became King on 21 August...
- from 3 to 5
September 2024,
following the
death of King
Tūheitia. The Tekau-mā-rua (
Tūheitia's privy council)
convened a
meeting of
tribal leaders from...
