Tuesday Documentary Te Arikinui: Queen Te Atairangikaahu of New Zealand
This documentary covers the life of the first Maori Queen. The first Maori Queen was born 23 July 1931 as Piki Mahuta. She was raised at Waahi, Huntly and attended Rakaumanga Native School. Later she attended Waikato Diocesan School and stayed at Te Rahui Hostel. On her father's death, Waikato made the statement that Koroki had no heirs. Although there was some division over the appointment, Piki was crowned as Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu a few hours before King Koroki's burial, on 23 May 1966. Turangawaewae marae in Ngaruawahia is the formal seat of the Maori King movement, built under the direction of Te Puea Herangi in the 1920s and 1930s.
A profile of Te Atairangikaahu to mark the 25th Anniversary of her coronation.
Primary Title
- Tuesday Documentary
Secondary Title
- Te Arikinui: Queen Te Atairangikaahu of New Zealand
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 21 May 1991
Start Time
- 20 : 00
Finish Time
- 21 : 00
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- A profile of Te Atairangikaahu to mark the 25th Anniversary of her coronation.
Episode Description
- This documentary covers the life of the first Maori Queen. The first Maori Queen was born 23 July 1931 as Piki Mahuta. She was raised at Waahi, Huntly and attended Rakaumanga Native School. Later she attended Waikato Diocesan School and stayed at Te Rahui Hostel. On her father's death, Waikato made the statement that Koroki had no heirs. Although there was some division over the appointment, Piki was crowned as Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu a few hours before King Koroki's burial, on 23 May 1966. Turangawaewae marae in Ngaruawahia is the formal seat of the Maori King movement, built under the direction of Te Puea Herangi in the 1920s and 1930s.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
- Maori
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Temuera Morrison (Narrator)
- Queen Te Atairangikaahu (Speaker)
Contributors
- Whai Ngata (Executive Producer)
- Morehu McDonald (Producer)
- Morehu McDonald (Director)
- Robert Mahuta (Kahui Ariki)
- Geoffrey Henry (Speaker)
- Bob Emery (Maniapoto Tuwharetoa)
- Canon Wi Huata (Ngati Kahungunu)
- Henare Tuwhangai (Kaumatua)
- Julie Mariu (Speaker)
- Tumate Mahuta (Kahui Ariki)
- Sir Hepi Te Huehue (Ngati Tuwharetoa)
- Jim Bolger (Speaker)