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Kiingitanga

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  • Who took over the reigns when Pootatau Te Wherowhero died?
    His son Taawhiao
  • What is the name of our waiata?
    Ngā Whakamoemiti
  • What happened after the signing of the treaty in 1840?
    There was warfare and conflict amongst Pākehā and Māori as the Europeans acquired more power and land
  • What year did Pootatau Te Wherowhero die?
    1860
  • Who is Te Puhi Ariki Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō?
    The current Māori King's daughter
  • What does 'rohe potae' mean?
    Literally 'hat area' but refers to the 'King Country'
  • Who decided to establish a monarchy for Māori in 1852?
    Tāmihana Te Rauparaha
  • What is the main purpose of the Kiingitanga?
    To preserve traditional values, ideals and practices
  • What are the last two words of our mihi?
    Pai mārire
  • In February 1857, what did the Ngāti Hauā leader Wiremu Tāmihana do?
    Increased pressure on Pootatau Te Wherowhero to accept the kingship
  • In reference to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Māori believed that they maintained mana over all their taonga. What did the British believe?
    They had ceded sovereignty / that the British now had sovereign power
  • What happened when Kiingi Taawhiao went to visit Queen Victoria in England?
    She wouldn't meet with him
  • Who was the first Māori King?
    Kiingi Pootatau Te Wherowhero
  • What does this whakatauki mean? Waikato taniwha rau, he piko, he taniwha
    Waikato of a hundred leaders, every bend a leader
  • What is the Koroneihana?
    The coronation - annual celebration of the Kiingitanga
  • Who is the current Māori King?
    Kiingi Tuuheitia
  • Who vowed that Waikato Tainui would never again take up arms?
    Kiingi Taawhiao
  • When the Tainui people were made refuges from their own lands, what did they do?
    Followed the Waikato river to neighbouring iwi
  • How long did Queen Elizabeth reign for?
    70 years
  • When and where did Pootatau Te Wherowhero agree to become king?
    April 1857 at Rangiriri
  • What does this whakatauki mean? Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au
    I am the river and the river is me
  • What is the dividing line between Kiingitanga and non-Kiingitanga lands called?
    The Aukati line
  • What does 'iwi' mean?
    Tribe
  • How many generations of Kiingitanga have been maintained through Pootatau te Wherowhero's whakapapa line?
    Seven
  • Who is known as the 'Kingmaker'?
    Wiremu Tāmihana
  • Why is the Waikato river important to Māori? (4 things)
    Spiritual and cultural practices relating to the river, the resource it contains, a highway for travel, traditional life depended on the river
  • What road was built for the invasion of the Waikato?
    Great South Road
  • Who is the current monarch of England?
    King Charles
  • Where is the Koroneihana held?
    Tūrangawaewae marae, Ngāurawāhia
  • What is pan-tribalism?
    The unification of multiple tribes under one authority figure