King Pōtatau
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King Pōtatau: An account of the life of Pōtatau tewherowhero the first Māori king – Pei te Hurinui
This book details the background to the Kingitanga and also tells the story of the first king, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero. It details all the momentous events of Te Wherowhero’s life from around 1775 to his death in 1860, including his status as Lord of the Waikato and the famous battles and conflicts with other tribes, his raising up as the First Māori King, and Mana Motuhake, the Māori Kingship, set apart as the symbol of the spiritual and cultural life of the Māori.
Format: This book is a paperback
Language: This book is written in English
Published: Reprinted May 2025
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About the Author:
Pei Te Hurinui Jones (Ngāti Maniapoto) was a leader, interpreter, land officer, writer, translator and genealogist, published extensively in both English and Māori. He translated several of Shakespeare’s plays and Fitzgeralds’s Omar Khayyam into Māori. He collaborated with Sir Apirana Ngāta, translating into English and annotating 280 of the 300 waiata in the first three volumes of Ngā Mōteatea. His first and main interest was in recording and compiling the Tainui traditions published in Ngā Iwi o Tainui. His most ambitious work was King Pōtatau.
Pei passed away in 1976.
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