| LC control no. | n 93121391 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pootatau Te Wherowhero, -1860 |
| Variant(s) | Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, -1860 Kiingi Pootatau: Kiingi o te Tika (1858-1860) Kīngi Pōtatau: Kīngi o te Tika (1858-1860) Te Wherowhero, Pootatau, -1860 Wherowhero, Pootatau Te, -1860 Te Wherowhero, -1860 Wherowhero, Te, -1860 Pootatau Te Wherowhero, Kiingi, -1860 Potatau, King, -1860 Pootatau, King, -1860 Potatau Te Wherowhero, King of the Maori, 1775?-1860 |
| Other standard no. | Q887437 |
| Birth date | 1775/1780 |
| Death date | 1860-06-25 |
| Affiliation | Ngati Mahuta (New Zealand people) Tainui (New Zealand people) Te Arawa (New Zealand people) |
| Profession or occupation | Kings and rulers |
| Found in | Hurinui, P.T. King Potatau, 1959?: t.p. (Potatau Te Wherowhero) pref. (period covered from about 1775 to his death in 1860; first known as Te Wherowhero; later known as Potatau; proclaimed first Maori King Potatau Te Wherowhero) Ngā tāngata taumata rau WWW site, viewed on September 12, 2022 Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau page (Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau; Waikato leader, warrior, Māori King; Te Wherowhero was born in Waikato towards the end of the eighteenth century. He was the eldest son of a Waikato warrior chief, Te Rauangaanga, and Parengāope of Ngāti Koura. He belonged to the senior chiefly line of Ngāti Mahuta, and was descended from the captains of the Tainui and Te Arawa canoes; died at Ngāruawāhia on 25 June 1860) Ngaa Puna o Ngaati Wairere WWW site, viewed on September 12, 2022: Kiingi Pootatau Te Wherowhero (Kiingi Pootatau Te Wherowhero; confirmed as the first Māori King at Ngaaruawaahia in 1858) Te aka Māori dictionary WWW site, viewed on September 12, 2022: search results (kīngi; king, ruler, monarch, sovereign) Email from Grayson Croasdale, The Office of the Kiingitanga, October 7, 2022 (Pootatau Te Wherowhero, 1775/1780 - 1860; Kiingi Pootatau: Kiingi o te Tika 1858-1860) Kingitanga, 2001: t.p. (Potatau Te Wherowhero) |
| Invalid LCCN | nb2002015508 |
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