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The Kingitanga, or Maori King movement, is an important and enduring expression of Maori unity. While, today, it holds an established place in New Zealand society, this has not always been the case.
Carte de visite portrait of Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao, the second Maori King, taken, probably in the 1880s.
Biography of Te Puea Herangi, grand-daughter of the second Maori King. Te Puea was a prominent advocate for Tainui in the first half of the twentieth century.