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Tuheitia Paki
Māori King
Reign 21 August 2006 – present
Coronation 21 August 2006
Full name Tuheitia Paki
Born 21 April 1955 (1955-04-21) (age 53)
Predecessor Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Consort Te Atawhai
Issue Whatumoana
Korotangi
Ngawaihono
Royal House Te Wherowhero
Father Whatumoana Paki
Mother Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu

Tuheitia Paki OStJ (born 21 April 1955) is the current Māori king in New Zealand (Aotearoa). Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ, DBE ( 23 July 1931 &ndash 15 August 2006) was the Māori queen for 40 years the His early Life Pōtatau was born as the son of Te Rauangaanga ( Ngati Mahuta) who at the time had just become the principal war chief of the Waikato tribes Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ, DBE ( 23 July 1931 &ndash 15 August 2006) was the Māori queen for 40 years the The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem or Order of St John is a British -based royal order of Chivalry, and is Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Māori King Movement or Kīngitanga is a movement that arose among some of the Māori tribes of New Zealand in the 1850s to establish a symbolic New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island He is the eldest son of the previous Māori monarch, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and was announced as her successor and crowned on the same day as her tangihanga (funeral rites) took place, on August 21, 2006. Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ, DBE ( 23 July 1931 &ndash 15 August 2006) was the Māori queen for 40 years the Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. His official title has not yet been decided but it is understood it will not be Te Arikinui (the great leader / chief), his mother's title. [1]

He was educated at Rakaumanga School in Huntly, Southwell School in Hamilton and St Stephen's College in Bombay. Huntly (population 7067 is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Southwell School is an independent co-educational Anglican preparatory school located in Hamilton, New Zealand. Hamilton ( Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand 's fourth largest Urban area, and is the country's seventh largest City St Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. The Bombay Hills are a range of hills to the south of Auckland, New Zealand.


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Marriage and Family

He is married to Te Atawhai and has three children: Whatumoana, Korotangi, and Ngawai.

Duties and Background

Prior to becoming king, he was the Tainui cultural advisor to Te Wananga o Aotearoa at Huntly. Tainui is a tribal waka confederation of New Zealand Māori Iwi. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is a Tertiary education provider specifically a wānanga, in New Zealand. Huntly (population 7067 is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Since ascending to the throne official duties include:

Notes

  1. ^ Mauri Ora: Treasures from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Tokyo National Museum, Japan
  2. ^ Mauri Ora: Treasures from Museum of NZ in Japan

References

Preceded by
Te Atairangikaahu		 Māori Monarch
2006 –		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
King Malietoa Tanumafili II, GCMG, CBE, ( January 4, 1913 &ndash May 11, 2007) (also called Susuga) was Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ, DBE ( 23 July 1931 &ndash 15 August 2006) was the Māori queen for 40 years the Māori King Movement or Kīngitanga is a movement that arose among some of the Māori tribes of New Zealand in the 1850s to establish a symbolic Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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