A Māori political movement that elected its own king (Kīngi Pōtatau Te Wherowhero in 1858) as a unified counterweight to British colonial authority, forming a confederation that has maintained continuous Māori political sovereignty through to the present.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Kingitanga (Māori King Movement) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1858 · 1908.
Covers the Kingitanga from its founding through the New Zealand Wars and into the modern era.
Gorst's 1864 first-hand account of the Kingitanga's origins and the Waikato on the eve of war, the classic contemporary source on the Maori King Movement.
Standard scholarly reference covering the Maori King movement in 19th-century political context.
A single-volume history of the island Pacific — broad context for this polity.
Booker Prize-winning novel by a Māori (Kāi Tahu) author, centered on Māori identity, myth, and whakapapa — the most internationally celebrated work of Māori fiction.
Celebrated novel by a Māori (Ngāti Porou) author retelling ancestral migration tradition through a contemporary East Coast Māori community.