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Whatumoana Paki QSO (1 February 1926 – 22 September 2011) was a New Zealand Māori royal elder. Paki was the husband of the Māori Queen, Te Atairangikaahu , who reigned from 1966 to 2006. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He and Te Atairangikaahu were the parents of the seventh Māori monarch , Tūheitia Paki .
Tūheitia was the son of Whatumoana Paki (1926–2011) and Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (1931–2006), who married in 1952. He was educated at Rakaumanga School in Huntly , Southwell School in Hamilton and St. Stephen's College (Te Kura o Tipene) in Bombay , south of Auckland , New Zealand.
Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō was born into the Kīngitanga royal family during the reign of her paternal grandmother Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. She is the youngest child of Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII and Makau Ariki Atawhai Paki. Her early life was steeped in the cultural and spiritual practices of the Māori people, with a ...
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The kahui ariki, the Māori royal family, is usually defined as the descendants of King Tāwhiao. [1] Tūheitia first appointed his Tekau-mā-rua, the privy council of the Māori monarch, in 2014 from important Māori leaders, both male and female, from across the country.
The death of Kiingi Tūheitia is a moment of great sadness for followers of Te Kiingitanga, Maaoridom and the entire nation. He kura kua ngaro ki tua o Rangi-whakamoe-ariki. Moe mai raa. (A chief who has passed to the great beyond. Rest in love.)
Hine-te-Ariki was the daughter of Whana-Tuku-Rangi, through whom she was descended from Uri-Taniwha, supernatural creatures that lived in deep still areas of rivers. She married Tumokonui. [ 1 ] With Tumokonui she had three pairs of twins, each of which carried off by spirits soon after she gave birth to them.
Kiritokia e-te Tomairangi Paki (1953 – 3 April 2017) was a prominent Māori kuia, and the daughter of Queen Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. She was the elder sister of King Tūheitia . Paki was a prominent exponent of kapa haka , and tutored the Taniwharau kapa haka to national victory in 1981. [ 1 ]