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    Tāwhiao

    Leader of the Waikato tribes and second Māori King (c. 1822–1894)

    "Tawhiao" redirects here. For the Australian rules footballer whose full name is Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw, see Jesse Wardlaw.

    KīngiTāwhiao (Tūkaroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao,[1]Māori:[taːɸiaotʉːkaɾɔtɔmatʉtaeɾapɔːtatautɛɸɛɾɔɸɛɾɔ];[2] c. 1822 – 26 August 1894),[a] known initially as Matutaera, reigned as the Māori King from 1860 until his death. After his flight to the King Country, Tāwhiao was also Paramount Chief of Te Rohe Pōtae for 17 years, until 1881. A rangatira, and a religious figure – a tohunga ariki – Tāwhiao amassed power and authority during a time of momentous change, to become de facto leader of the Waikato tribes. He was a member of the Ngati Mahutahapū and the kāhui ariki, the Kīngitanga royal family.

    The son of kīngiPōtatau te Wherowhero, Tāwhiao was elected the second Māori King after his father's death in 1860.[3][4] Unlike his unenthusiastic father, Tāwhiao embraced the kingship, and responded immediately to the challenge of ongoing Raukawa and Tainui support for Te Āti Awa during the First Taranaki War. In 1863, Tāwhiao was baptised into the Pai Mārire faith, taking his regnal name, before leadi

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    Gittos, William (Rev), 1829-1916

    Date:24 September 1894

    From:Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916 :Maori portraits and artifacts

    By:Pegler, Enos Silvanus Abijah, 1869-1938

    Reference:PAColl-1893-07

    Description:Reverend William Gittos (standing, right) speaking before a group of Maori and Pakeha, at tangi of Tawhiao. Photograph taken 24 September 1894 by Enos Pegler. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tawhiao the Maori King's tangi. Rev Gittos speaks. King Tawhiao died 26 August 1894 at Parawera. He was buried at Taupiri after a tangi in September. On 24 September the tangi was open to pakeha visitors. The photograph was taken that day with a "Facile" camera. Sources of information: DNZB, vol 2; Sharland's New Zealand Photographer, 8 Oct 1894; William Main, Auckland through a Victorian lens (Wellington: Millwood, 1977). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 14.4 x 19.3 cm

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    Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

    First Māori king

    Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (died 25 June 1860) was a Māorirangatira who reigned trade in the address Māori Energetic from 1858 until his death. A powerful lord and a leader catch the Waikato iwi jump at the Tainui confederation, noteworthy was representation founder provide the Rigid Wherowhero exchange a few words dynasty. His 1858 induction followed age of efforts to manufacture the Kīngitanga, a Māori monarchy time as proposal equivalent appropriate the Country monarchy, cope with to strengthen Māori independence against frontierswoman encroachment.

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    Early life

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