TE ARIKINUI KIINGI TUHEITIA POOTATAU TE WHEROHERO VII

Our Te Matatini patron is the Māori King – Te Arikinui Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII.

The current Māori monarch, Tuheitia Paki, was elected in 2006 and his official residence is Tūrongo House at Tūrangawaewae marae in the town of Ngaruawahia.

Kiingi Tuheitia is the seventh monarch since the position was created and is the continuation of a dynasty that reaches back to the inaugural king, Pootatau Te Wherowhero.