Te Atairangikaahu

Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Queen of the Kingitanga
Te Atairangikaahu in 1975
Māori Queen
Reign	23 May 1966 – 15 August 2006
Coronation	23 May 1966
Predecessor	Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Te Wherowhero
Successor	Tuheitia Paki
Born	(1931-07-23)23 July 1931 Waahi Marae, Huntly, New Zealand
Died	15 August 2006(2006-08-15) (aged 75) Turangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand
Burial	21 August 2006 Mount Taupiri, New Zealand
Spouse	Whatumoana Paki
Issue	7 children: Heeni Katipa (née Paki); Tomairangi Paki; Tuheitia Paki; Kiki Solomon (née Paki); Mihi Gabrielle Paki; Maharaia Paki; and Te Manawanui Clarkson (née Paki)
Names Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
House	Te Wherowhero
Father	Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Te Wherowhero
Mother	Te Atairangikaahu Herangi

Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ DBE OStJ (23 July 1931 – 15 August 2006) was the Māori queen for 40 years, the longest reign of any Māori monarch. Her full name and title was Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. Her title Te Arikinui (meaning Paramount Chief) and name Te Atairangikaahu (meaning the hawk of the morning sky) were bestowed when she became monarch; previously she was known as Princess Piki Mahuta and, after marriage, Princess Piki Paki. Her full whakapapa (lineage) name, linking her to previous Māori monarchs, was Te Atairangikaahu Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.^[1]