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Māori King Movement

The Māori King Movement, called the Kīngitanga in Māori, is a Māori movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi of New Zealand in the central North Island in the 1850s, to establish a role similar in status to that of the monarch of the... Wikipedia
Appointer: Iwi of the Kīngitanga
First monarch: Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
Formation: 1858
Heir apparent: None; elective
Residence: Tūrongo House, Tūrangawaewae
Style: His Majesty; and then Te Kīngi