Korokī Mahuta
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Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (16 June 1906 – 18 May 1966) was the fifth Māori king. He was the elder son of the fourth Māori king, Te Rata Mahuta, and Te Uranga of the Ngāti Korokī tribe.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Korokī
- Royalty.image
- King Koroki (cropped).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Korokī in 1944
- Royalty.succession
- Māori King
- Royalty.reign
- 8 October 1933 – 18 May 1966
- Royalty.coronation
- 8 October 1933
- Royalty.predecessor
- Te Rata
- Royalty.successor
- Te Atairangikaahu
- Royalty.birth_name
- Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
- Royalty.birth_date
- 16 June 1906
- Royalty.birth_place
- Waahi, Huntly
- Royalty.death_date
- 18 May 1966 (aged 59)
- Royalty.burial_date
- 23 May 1966
- Royalty.burial_place
- Mount Taupiri, New Zealand
- Royalty.consort
- Te Atairangikaahu Hērangi
- Royalty.spouse
- Te Atairangikaahu Hērangi
- Royalty.issue
- Te Atairangikaahu
- Royalty.father
- Te Rata
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Waikato Region
- Child
- Te Atairangikaahu
- Father
- Te Rata
- Image
- Koroki1930.jpg
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- place of burial
- Taupiri
- date of death
- 1966-05-18
- date of birth
- 1906-06-16
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Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (16 June 1906 – 18 May 1966) was the fifth Māori king. He was the elder son of the fourth Māori king, Te Rata Mahuta, and Te Uranga of the Ngāti Korokī tribe.
== Biography == Korokī Mahuta was born at Waahi, Huntly, on 16 June 1906. He was named Korokī after the ancestor of his mother's tribe. He had at least two brothers and two sisters. Korokī's younger brother Taipū died in 1924, shortly after arriving at Wesley College.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korokī Mahuta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.