| LC control no. | n 97052040 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Taawhiao Pootatau Te Wherowhero, 1822-1894 |
| Variant(s) | Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, 1822-1894 Te Wherowhero, Taawhiao Pootatau, 1822-1894 Wherowhero, Taawhiao Pootatau Te, 1822-1894 Kiingi Taawhiao: Kiingi o te Maungaarongo (1860-1894) Kīngi Tāwhiao: Kīngi o te Maungārongo (1860-1894) Taawhiao, Kiingi, 1822-1894 Tāwhiao, Kīngi, 1822-1894 Taawhiao, King, 1822-1894 Tāwhiao, King, 1822-1894 Matutaera Pōtatau, Kīngi, 1822-1894 Matutaera Pootatau, Kiingi, 1822-1894 Tuukaaroto Matutaera Pootatau Te Wherowhero Taawhiao, 1822-1894 Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao, 1822-1894 Taawhiao, Tuukaaroto Matutaera Pootatau Te Wherowhero, 1822-1894 Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, 1822-1894 Tāwhiao, King of the Māori, fl. 1860-1894 Tāwhiao, King of the Māori, active 1860-1894 |
| Other standard no. | Q3547056 |
| Birth date | 1822 |
| Death date | 1894-08-26 |
| Affiliation | Tainui (New Zealand people) Ngati Mahuta (New Zealand people) |
| Profession or occupation | Kings and rulers Prophets Matakite |
| Found in | The realms of King Tawhiao, 1995: t.p. (King Tawhiao) p. 3, etc. (Tawhiao, King of the Maori; d. 1894; proclaimed the second Maori King) Na Matutaera Potatau, na te Atua i mea me te iwi hoki, Kingi ... 1863 Kīngi Tawhiao ; Te Hapati me te Ra o te Ariki, 1894? Ko te korero o te haerenga mai o Kiingi Tawhiao ki Akarana, 1882 Waikato Museum WWW site, viewed on May 5, 2022: Sculpture of Maaori King to be unveiled page (Kiingi Taawhiao (Tuukaaroto Matutaera Pootatau Te Wherowhero Taawhiao)) Ngā tāngata taumata rau WWW site, viewed on April 27, 2022: Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero page (Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao; Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero; Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet; Tāwhiao, of Ngāti Mahuta in the Tainui confederation of tribes, was the son of Waikato leader Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and Whakaawi, Pōtatau's senior wife. He was born at Ōrongokoekoeā on the upper Mōkau River towards the end of the musket wars between Ngāpuhi and Waikato; it is said that he was named Tūkāroto to commemorate Pōtatau's stand at the siege of Mātakitaki pā in May 1822. Later he was baptised Matutaera (Methuselah) by the Anglican missionary Robert Burrows. In 1864 Te Ua Haumēne, the Hauhau prophet, bestowed on him the name Tāwhiao; On Pōtatau's death in 1860 Tāwhiao became the second Māori King; Tāwhiao died on 26 August 1894 at Pārāwera) Kōrero: Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero page (he Kīngi, he kaihautū, he matakite, he kaihanga whakapono) The Reed dictionary of modern Māori, 1995 p. 130 (māori) Email from Grayson Croasdale, The Office of the Kiingitanga, October 7, 2022 (Taawhiao Pootatau Te Wherowhero, 1822-1894; Kiingi Taawhiao: Kiingi o te Maungaarongo, 1860-1894 ) Kingitanga, 2001: t.p. (Tawhiao) |
| Invalid LCCN | nb2002015510 |
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