Maori new king

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Indigenous Maori elders in New Zealand have named a new king. Fifty-one-year-old Tuheitia Paki is the eldest son of the previous monarch, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, who died last week at the age of seventy-five, after a reign of forty years. This report from Ben Lowings:

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The Maori King , known as kingitanga, began in 1858, partially in response to the of New Zealand by the imperial forces of Britain's Queen Victoria. A treaty signed by Maori chiefs at Waitangi in the North Island New Zealand to the British Crown. It stated that if Maori wanted to sell their land then they could only deal with Queen 's authorised agents.

Some North Island Maori sought to reach a position on the use of their land. To help this , the first Maori King was created -- he was Potatau Te Wherowhero of the Tainui in the central North Island region of Waikato. members of the modern-day Tainui tribe have been saying other Maori would have a say on who would become the new after the death of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu.

In years what's been described as a Maori renaissance has in New Zealand, promoting the use of the Maori language and a greater of tribal ancestry. In recent years many Maori have united against the New Zealand government, in protest at its efforts to ownership of the country's extensive foreshore. The row led in part to the of a small but powerful new Maori party.

Ben Lowings, BBC