The Māori Queen Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (23 July 1931 - 15 August 2006)

The Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu passed away on 15 August 2006. She was 75, and on 23 May 2006 had celebrated the 40th jubilee of her coronation. She was the sixth Māori monarch and the longest serving.

Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu

A brief biography on the Monumental Stories site.

Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, DBE

Information from Debrett's People of Today.

Books and Articles

Four decades of our kind of queen

The Dominion Post, May 27, 2006, pA15.
As the Māori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, celebrates the 40th anniversary of her coronation, Hank Schouten looks at the importance of her role and of the Kingitanga movement she leads.

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu DBE Hon.D., 23 May 1986

King Koroki, the fifth Māori king, died at 5.45am on Wednesday 18 May 1966 at Turongo House. The matter of his successor was an immediate concern.

He Rourou iti: selected speeches / of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu edited and with an introduction by Miria Simpson

The speeches recorded in this book have been chosen to illustrate the wide range of calls made on Te Arikinui.

Queen Te Atairangikaahu: the first twenty-five years : commemorating the silver jubilee of Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu DBE Hon.D., 23 May 1991

This pictorial essay tells of the accession of Te Ariki Tapairu Princess Piki to the head of the Kingitanga Movement.

Te Arikinui and the millennium of Waikato by Carmen Kirkwood

This book celebrates the 35 year reign from 1966 2001 of Te Arikinui, Te Kuini, Te Atairangikaahu. (It is recommended that the publication Tawhiao King or Prophet be read first and then the book Koroki My King. Together they will give an appreciation of the King movement (Kingitanga).

Born to be Queen from Mana: the Māori news magazine for all New Zealanders Feb/Mar 2003; 5:45-55

An interview with Queen Te Atairangikaahu by Derek Fox. Pages 54-55 "The ways of our Tupuna" contains excerpts from two of her speeches

A journey through time from Mana: the Māori news magazine for all New Zealanders Jun/Jul 2001; 40:52-53

An excerpt from the speech made in May 2001 by Te Atairangikaahu at the 35th coronation anniversary celebrations

Remembering Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu

Tributes to the Māori Queen on the remembering.co.nz web site

Te Atairangikaahu

Wikipedia article on Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu

Te Kingitanga - The Māori King Movement

The Origins of the Māori King Movement Te Kingitanga

Information on Te Kingitanga from nzhistory.net

The King Movement by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 6 October 2005

Includes a timeline ofKing Movement Leaders and an extract from an often performed King movement haka.

See also our page on Te Koroneihana, a list of resources to help find information on Koroneihana/Coronation and Kingitanga.