Te Atairangikaahu, Dame

Te Atairangikaahu, Dame
▪ 2007
Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu; Dame Te Ata 
      New Zealand Maori queen (b. July 23, 1931, Waahi Marae Huntly, N.Z.—d. Aug. 15, 2006, Ngaruawahia, near Hamilton, N.Z.), was the sixth and longest-serving monarch of the Kingitanga movement and the Maori people's first reigning queen. She was born Piki Mahuta and succeeded her father, King Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao, as the Maori sovereign after his death in May 1966. Thereafter, she was a much-loved and respected leader who raised the position's international profile, serving as a diplomatic representative of New Zealand and hosting such dignitaries as U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton, Japanese Emperor Akihito, and Pope John Paul II. Dame Te Ata also worked to revitalize Maori culture and language and promoted better education and welfare among her people. She was made DBE in 1970. Dame Te Ata was succeeded by her older son (and second child), Tuheitia Paki.

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