Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
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p-tatau-te-wherowhero-168-5881282
title:
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
text:
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero was a Māori rangatira who reigned as the inaugural Māori King from 1858 until his death. A powerful nobleman and a leader of the Waikato iwi of the Tainui confederation, he was the founder of the Te Wherowhero royal dynasty. His 1858 ascension followed years of efforts to create the Kīngitanga, a Māori monarchy intended as an equivalent of the British monarchy, and to foster Māori nationalism against settler encroachment. The King was first known just as Te Wherowhero and t
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description:
First Māori king
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero
date created:
2005-02-15T08:39:33Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T21:56:10Z
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