Events In History
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26 August 1894Death of second Māori King
Tāwhiao had led his people through the traumatic period during and after the wars of the 1860s. He was succeeded by his son Mahuta. Read more...
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Māori King movement - 1860-94
King Tāwhiao's reign was dominated by the Waikato War and the fallout from it.
- Page 7 - The death of TāwhiaoTāwhiao died on 26 August 1894. He was buried at Taupiri after a tangihanga attended by