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Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero
Group portrait showing, from left to right: Henare Kaihau, Richard John Seddon, James Carroll and Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero (King Tawhiao III), circa 1896-1906.
King Koroki and Peter Fraser
King Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero with Reverend N. K. Kukutai of Te Kuiti in the background, circa 1949.
Rewi Maniapoto in 1879
Photograph of Rewi Manga Maniapoto taken by Elizabeth Pulman in June 1879.
Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero (King Tawhiao III)

Mahuta Tawhiao, of Ngāti Mahuta, was born in 1854 or 1855 at Whatiwhatihoe, Waikato. He was the oldest son of Tāwhiao, the second Māori King. He grew up during the wars of the 1860s and the isolation which followed. As a result he received no European education and spoke little English. He became King on the death of his father in 1894. By that time the King Movement had declined, and was largely limited to the Tainui tribes in Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto in the King Country.

Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero

Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (1908/9?–1966) was the eldest son of Te Rata, the fourth Maori King. When his father died in 1933 he did not want to become King. He felt he was not fit for the task, and because his people were so poor he doubted whether they could support a king. At Te Rata's tangihanga (funeral), however, all the visiting chiefs agreed that the kingship should continue, and that Korokī should be king.

Rewi Manga Maniapoto

Rewi Maniapoto was of the Ngāti Paretekawa hapu (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Maniapoto. He was trained in the traditional customs of his people, and learned to read and write at the Wesleyan mission station at Te Kōpua.

Te Puea Herangi
This photograph of Tainui–Waikato leader Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Herangi was taken about 1938.
Treaty events 1850-99 - Treaty timeline
See the key events between 1850 and 1899 relating to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao
Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao, about 1880 Tawhiao, of the Tainui hapu (sub-tribe) Ngati Mahuta, was born at the end of the Musket Wars between Tainui and Ngapuhi. He was a Christian, was well versed in the ancient rites of the Tainui tribe, and had the status of a prophet.
Maori King Tawhio's residence, Whatiwhatihoe
Whitiora at the Maori King's Residence, Whatiwhatihoe
Etching of Maori King's residence, Whatiwhatihoe
This etching of Whatiwhatihoe, the residence of the Maori King, was made by Edward Payton about 1887
Whatiwhatihoe in 1884
Whatiwhatihoe, the Maori King's home, 1884
King Tawhiao's whare at Ngaruawahia
This photograph of King Tawhiao's whare at Ngaruawahia was taken after the Kingitanga's capital was occupied by the British in December 1863
Painting of Potatau Te Wherowhero and two other chiefs
In this 1847 painting by George Angas, Potatau is wrapped in a blanket and seated beside a log. On the right are Te Waru, principal chief of Ngati Apakura, and Te Pakaru, principal chief of Ngati Ti Maniapoto.
Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa
Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa was born around 1805, and was of Ngati Haua of the Tainui confederation. As a young man he took part in several war expeditions.
Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu reigned for over 40 years as Maori Queen. She succeeded her father, Koroki, on 23 May 1966 and died on 15 August 2006.
The Waikato-Tainui claim - the Treaty in practice
The Waikato-Tainui people and the Crown signed a Deed of Settlement in 1995. It included a formal apology for Crown actions in the wars of the 1860s that had brought devastation to the iwi.
The death of Tawhiao - Maori King movement 1860-94
Tawhiao died on 26 August 1894. He was buried at Taupiri after a tangihanga in September that was attended by thousands.
Troubled times - Maori King movement 1860-94
King Tawhiao's reign was dominated by the Waikato War and its fallout.

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