Tumate Mahuta (c. 1893 – 29 April 1938) was a
Māori King Movement
The Māori King Movement, called the in Māori, is a movement that arose among some of the Māori (tribes) 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 British c ...
leader and negotiator in
New Zealand. He was the third surviving son of
Mahuta
Mahuta is one of 11 islands in the Rakahanga atoll of the Cook Islands. It is on the east of the atoll, between the islets of Huananui and Okakara
Okakara is one of 11 islands in the Rakahanga atoll of the Cook Islands
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, the third Māori King, and younger brother of the fourth king,
Te Rata
Te Rata Mahuta (1884 – 1 October 1933) was the fourth Māori King, reigning from 1912 to 1933.
Biography
Te Rata was the eldest son of the third king, Mahuta, and Te Marae, daughter of the fighting chief Amukete Te Kerei who was killed i ...
. He belonged to the
Ngāti Mahuta
Ngāti Mahuta is a sub-tribe (or hapū) of the Waikato tribe (or iwi) of Māori in the North Island of New Zealand. The territory (rohe) of Ngāti Mahuta is the Kawhia and Huntly areas of the Waikato region.
History
Ngāti Mahuta is descended f ...
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iwi'' of the
Waikato confederation.
Biography
He was born at
Waahi,
Huntly, probably in July 1893, to Mahuta and his wife Te Marae. His elder brothers were Te Rata and Taipu (who died in March 1926),
and he had younger brothers
Tonga and Te Rauangaanga. Before
World War I he wed Te Atarua (Piri) Herangi, younger sister of his cousin
Te Puea, in an
arranged marriage
Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents. In some cultures a professional matchmaker may be us ...
. They had one son, who died young.
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References
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1890s births
1938 deaths
Ngāti Mahuta people
Waikato Tainui people
New Zealand Māori activists
People from Huntly, New Zealand