The Tēkau-mā-rua ("The Twelve") is the official council of the
Māori monarch of the
Kīngitanga.
Its members are currently chairperson Che Wilson (
Ngāti Rangi
Ngāti Rangi or Ngāti Rangituhia is a Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. Contemporary settlement is mainly around Waiouru, Ohakune, and the Upper Whanganui River in the central North Island. The iwi's area of interest extends north from the Paret ...
),
Pou Temara (
Tūhoe), Rikirangi Gage (
Te Whānau-a-Apanui),
Peeni Henare (
Ngāti Hine,
Ngāpuhi),
Hone Harawira (
Ngāti Hau,
Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Hine,
Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi,
Ngāti Whātua), Te Kahautu Maxwell (
Ngāi Tai,
Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau a Apanui,
Ngāti Porou, Tūhoe,
Ngāti Maniapoto), Wharehoka Wano (
Te Ātiawa,
Taranaki,
Ngāti Awa), Herewini Parata (Ngāti Porou), Jerry Hapuku (
Ngāti Kahungunu), and the three "companion members" Edward Taihakurei Durie (
Rangitāne
Rangitāne is a Māori people, Māori iwi (tribe). Their rohe (territory) is in the Manawatū-Whanganui, Manawatū, Horowhenua, Wairarapa and Marlborough Region, Marlborough areas of New Zealand.Ngāti Kauwhata
Ngāti Kauwhata is a Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) of New Zealand. In the 2013 New Zealand census, 1,401 people listed Ngāti Kauwhata as their iwi.
Ko ruahine te Maunga
Ko Oroua te Awa.
Ko Tainui te Waka.
Ko Ngati Kauwhata te iwi.
Ko Kauwhata Marae.
...
and
Ngāti Raukawa), Kahurangi Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāpuhi), and Prue Kapua (
Te Arawa).
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References
Māori King movement
Councils