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Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (died 25 June 1860) was a Māori warrior, leader of the Waikato iwi (confederation of tribes), the first Māori King and founder of the Te Wherowhero royal dynasty. He was first known just as Te Wherowhero and took the name Pōtatau after he became king in 1858.
- c. 1770–1800
- June 1858 – 25 June 1860
- 1858
- Tāwhiao
Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau. ?–1860. Waikato leader, warrior, Māori King. This biography, written by Steven Oliver, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990. It was translated into te reo Māori by the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team. Te Wherowhero was born in Waikato towards the end of the eighteenth century.
30 de ago. de 2023 · Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, 1858–1860. In 1856 Iwikau Te Heuheu of Ngāti Tūwharetoa convened a famous meeting known as Hīnana ki uta, Hīnana ki tai (search the land, search the sea) at Pūkawa, on the western shores of Lake Taupō. All the major iwi were represented.
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero. In April 1857, at Rangiriri, Pōtatau agreed to become king. He was crowned and anointed at Ngāruawāhia in June 1858. At his installation, many North Island chiefs laid their lands at Pōtatau’s feet.
by Steven Oliver. Biography. Te Wherowhero was born in Waikato towards the end of the eighteenth century. He was the eldest son of a Waikato warrior chief, Te Rauangaanga, and Parengāope of Ngāti Koura. He belonged to the senior chiefly line of Ngāti Mahuta, and was descended from the captains of the Tainui and Te Arawa canoes.
8 de nov. de 2017 · Te Wherowhero became King in 1858. Though he didn't see his kingship as a direct challenge to the authority of the Queen, it was seen that way both by the colonial authorities and some of his supporters. He died after only two years as King and was succeeded by his son, Tāwhiao.
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero did not live to see conflict spread to the Waikato. He died at Ngāruawāhia on 25 June 1860 and was succeeded by his son, King Tāwhiao, who went on to lead his people during the 1863–64 Waikato War.
