Tawhiao biography of donald

​Tawhiao, the second Maori king, son of Potatau (Te Whero Whero), the first New Zealand king (q.v.), was originally ailed Matutaera.

and was chosen to succeed his father in June 1860. In Feb. 1875, after years of hostility and estrangement, Tawhiao had an interview with Sir Donald M'Lean, Minister of Native Affairs, who informed him that the abandonment of the confiscated Waikato territory which he had demanded was quite out of the question.

King tawhiao children

King tawhiao children

Tawhiao or rather Tukaroto as he was first called was born at Orongokoekoea on the upper Mokau river in His Mother was Whakaawi, Potatau's.

King tawhiao family tree

The second Māori King, Tawhiao, of Ngati Mahuta, was the paramount chief of the Tainui tribes of the Waikato.

Tāwhiao met Native Minister Donald McLean at Waitomo in Land on the west bank of the Waikato River was on offer if Tāwhiao took the.

Tawhiao suggested that the Governor should meet him at Te Kuiti. Sir Donald MᶜLean's propositions were — (1) That Tawhiao should exercise his authority over tribes within his district; (2) that he should choose his Council of Chiefs to keep order and repress wrong; (3) that the New Zealand Government should assist him; (4) that the Government should build a house for him at Kawhia and grant to him certain lands on the Waipa and Waikato rivers.

After a considerable amount of negotiatio