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05-26-2006, 06:16 AM
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New Zealand Royalty
New Zealand has it's very own Royalty, here is a thread to place the news and interesting sites. :)
picture of Maori Queen Dame Te Ata Last edited by Elspeth; 09-07-2006 at 10:31 PM. 
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05-26-2006, 06:19 AM
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Maori Queen's date with Destiny raises eyebrows
Tuesday May 23, 2006 On the day that the Labour Party's political heavyweights arrived at Turangawaewae Marae to honour the 40th anniversary of the coronation of the Maori Queen, the Destiny Church's leader, Brian Tamaki, upstaged them.
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05-26-2006, 06:21 AM
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Celebrations for Maori Queen wrap up
May 23, 2006 Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu was elected in 1966, making her the sixth in her line and the first female monarch. The Maori Queen shrugged off health problems to put on a brave face on the final day of celebrations. She arrived in the 1953 Chrysler that was gifted to her family from Queen Elizabeth.
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05-26-2006, 06:24 AM
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Coronation speech brings tears and fears
24 May 2006  By Yvonne TahanaAfter nearly a week of waiting, more than 5000 people at Turangawaewae Marae were hushed yesterday as Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu delivered her coronation anniversary speech. A tiny and fragile figure, Dame Te Ata stood on the steps of Mahingarangi and quietly told the gathering she now found it difficult to speak for long periods. "I can't find words to express my gratitude. If I could find all the most beautiful words, I would put them together and lay them among you, to help me with my thoughts of affection."
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#5
05-26-2006, 06:28 AM
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old news about her:
Maori Queen's visit to the Kingdom of Tonga Your culture makes you unique: Dame Te Ata August 1, 2003 New Zealand's Maori Queen, Dame Te Arikuini Te Atairangikaahu visited Tonga twice recently to attend a wedding in the Tongan Royal Family, and the King's 85th birthday. She was amazed at how well Tonga has held together its traditions, but also expressed concern about the need to make the young people of the Pacific aware of their unique heritage in a world that often does not understand their cultures. As head of the Royal Family of New Zealand Maoridom, the Maori Queen, at 72 years of age, is continuing to foster a very close relationship between Tonga and Turangawaewae Marae, and one that for her, personally, goes back 56 years to 1947 when she first came to the kingdom for the double wedding of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV and his brother, the late Prince Tu'ipelehake.
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05-26-2006, 06:35 AM
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Ruby party for Dame Te Ata
11 May 2006 By Yvonne TahanaCoronation committee chairman Tom Moana said planning for the event started on the last day of last year's coronation. It had to, as it will mark the longest reign of any Maori monarch, he said. "It's certainly a landmark occasion. It's the longest ever individual's holding of that particular mantle for Kingitanga. It's very special." The celebratory programme includes the launch of a documentary on Dame Te Ata, and she is due to give a jubilee address. Celebrations finish with fireworks 24 May 2006 More than 30,000 people were believed to have joined in the week-long festivities celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Maori Queen's coronation in Ngaruawahia. Ms Templeton said Dame Te Ata said she was embarrassed with the accolades showered on her, and she was humbled and moved by the turnout of Pacific Island dignitaries, the cabinet and National Party. Prime Minister Helen Clark and cabinet members attended the ceremony yesterday, along with Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho of Tonga, Princess Kekaulike Kawananakoa of Hawaii and royalty from the Cook Islands.
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05-26-2006, 06:38 AM
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Maori Queen looks to 150th anniversary of Kingitanga, in 2008
23 May 2006 The Coronation hui at Ngaruawahia reached its climax on Tuesday, with a speech by the Maori Queen looking forward to commemorations in 2008. By then, it will mark the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Kingitanga.
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08-04-2006, 08:19 AM
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Maori Queen home for birthday
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectID=10392568 Maori Queen celebrates http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=64230&c=w
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08-16-2006, 03:55 AM
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sad news
New Zealand's Maori queen dies
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Posted: 1231 GMT (2031 HKT) http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/as....ap/index.html  Photo from AP/CNNWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, the queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori population, died Tuesday, her family announced. She was 75. Te Ata was the seventh Maori sovereign, a direct descendant of a royal line that began in 1858 when the Maori responded to Britain's colonization of New Zealand by choosing a monarch of their own. The role carries only ceremonial powers but is hugely respected by most Maori. Te Ata was the longest-serving head of the Kingitanga (King) movement, which largely was a response to continual Maori land losses as European settlers flocked to the British colony and took land from the indigenous people.
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08-17-2006, 05:55 AM
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08-19-2006, 04:00 AM
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Rugby match to pay tribute to late Maori Queen
moment's silence will be observed at tonight's Tri Nations Test in Auckland in honour of the Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu, who died on Tuesday. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...8/s1718926.htm
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08-19-2006, 04:01 AM
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Organisers says Maori Queen Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu's funeral is still planned for Monday despite an apparent delay over naming her successor
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3770326a10,00.html
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08-19-2006, 04:44 PM
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Live Simulcast Planned For Burial of Maori Queen
Friday, 18 August 2006, 4:55 pm Press Release: Television New Zealand 18th August, 2006 Fish'n'chips and chat with a queen Friday August 18, 2006 By Simon O'Rourke Maori Queen's family quiet about successor 18/08/2006 6:32:02 NewsTalkZB quote from that last link: ...Queen Elizabeth has sent a letter of condolence to Tainui. She says Dame Te Ata gave a lifetime of service and dedication. The Queen says she warmly remembers her own visit to Turangawaewae and her meetings with the Maori Queen. She says her leadership, dignity and compassion will long be remembered. A spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace has dismissed speculation a member of the British royal family may travel to New Zealand for Monday's funeral... Last edited by Toledo; 08-19-2006 at 04:50 PM.
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08-20-2006, 05:48 PM
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This is the latest article, and some quotes from it. I found very interesting how the process of selecting the next Maori monarch echoes the same problems we have discussed in other threads about succesion rights of older princesess taken away by younger male siblings.
'Daughter should succeed me' - Queen New Zeland Herald Sunday August 20, 2006 By Adam Gifford ...The Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu expressed a preference for a daughter to succeed her, and posed the question of whether it was the right time for another king, according to Tainui sources. ...The choice will be named, and the new Arikinui crowned, before Dame Te Ata is buried beside her ancestors high on Taupiri Mountain on Monday. ...the choice was where it was from the start - between Dame Te Ata's elder son, Tuheitia Paki, and her eldest child, daughter Heeni Katipa. The debate echoes that of 40 years ago when princess Piki, then a 35-year-old farmer's wife, was chosen over her male relatives to succeed her father, King Koroki...
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08-20-2006, 06:47 PM
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I certainly hope that Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's last wish will be fulfilled and her daughter will succeed her. And that does echo situation in several European Royal Families, where there is the question of elder daughter and younger male. Hope they will take Sweden as an example (and their late Queen, a woman, yet a great and beloved Monarch).
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08-20-2006, 07:05 PM
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Quote:
 the old systems need to keep up with the times if they need to survive.
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08-20-2006, 07:22 PM
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There is no set rule for succession. They may not even pick one of the late Queens children. They may pick someone else from a royal tribe. Its a somewhat democratic system. Any one can succeed to the throne as long as they are a desendant of the first king. I think we will figure out tomorrow who will be the next monarch.
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