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Also known as Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (16 June 1906 – 18 May 1966) was the fifth Māori king. He was the elder son of the fourth Māori king, Te Rata Mahuta, and Te Uranga of the Ngāti Korokī tribe.

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Key facts

Royalty.name
Korokī
Royalty.image
King Koroki (cropped).jpg
Royalty.caption
Korokī in 1944
Royalty.succession
Māori King
Royalty.reign
8 October 1933 – 18 May 1966
Royalty.coronation
8 October 1933
Royalty.predecessor
Te Rata
Royalty.successor
Te Atairangikaahu
Royalty.birth_name
Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
Royalty.birth_date
16 June 1906
Royalty.birth_place
Waahi, Huntly
Royalty.death_date
18 May 1966 (aged 59)
Royalty.burial_date
23 May 1966
Royalty.burial_place
Mount Taupiri, New Zealand
Royalty.consort
Te Atairangikaahu Hērangi
Royalty.spouse
Te Atairangikaahu Hērangi
Royalty.issue
Te Atairangikaahu
Royalty.father
Te Rata

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
New Zealand
Place of birth
Waikato Region
Father
Te Rata
Image
Koroki1930.jpg
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place of burial
Taupiri
date of death
1966-05-18
date of birth
1906-06-16
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Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (16 June 1906 – 18 May 1966) was the fifth Māori king. He was the elder son of the fourth Māori king, Te Rata Mahuta, and Te Uranga of the Ngāti Korokī tribe.

== Biography == Korokī Mahuta was born at Waahi, Huntly, on 16 June 1906. He was named Korokī after the ancestor of his mother's tribe. He had at least two brothers and two sisters. Korokī's younger brother Taipū died in 1924, shortly after arriving at Wesley College.

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