Te Heu Heu Tukino V Tureiti 1865 Waikato Nz

edmondsall- Hello - TE HEUHEU -TUKINO -1V-HORONUKU - 1866 --- 1888- WAIKATO NZ --- Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino, the fifth paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa, was born in 1865 or 1866, probably at Waihi, near Tokaanu, the eldest son of Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino IV and Tahuri Te Tuaki (whose name is also recorded as Tahuri Te Uaki). His hapu were Ngati Turumakina, Ngati Kurauia, Ngati Turangitukua and Ngati Hikairo. He reputedly received the name Tureiti (too late) through being born too late to receive the conch-shell blessing on the eldest son, which had gone - mistakenly it seems - to the first-born child, a daughter. Tureiti's paternal grandmother was Te Mare, the second wife of Mananui Te Heuheu Tukino II. She was a grand-daughter of Te Rangitua-matotoru, a Ngati Tuwharetoa leader before Herea Te Heuheu Tukino I. His great-grandmother was Rangiaho of Ngati Maniapoto, the first wife of Herea.

Tureiti, as a young child, was present at the battle of Te Porere on 4 October 1869, the last major stand by Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. His father and his followers were attacked by government forces and Tureiti was hustled off into the bush west of Te Porere by the elders. He vividly remembered the attack on Mahaukura pa there, and their escape. After the surrender Tureiti was taken, with his father and supporters, to Hawke's Bay where they faced an inquiry into the part they had played in the fighting. They returned to Taupo in 1870.

By 1887 Tureiti was already conducting the affairs of his people on Horonuku's behalf. As early as 1885 he had signed Topia Turoa's petition to Parliament for self-government for Maori. In 1888, on his father's death, Tureiti succeeded to the paramountcy of Ngati Tuwharetoa, and was appointed a trustee of the land that became the Tongariro National Park.

In 1891, at meetings of the Native Land Laws Commission at Cambridge, Tureiti gave his views. He wanted tribal rather than hapu committees to deal with lands, and thought that Maori should manage blocks even when there were multiple owners. He wanted a public market in Maori land, because that way Maori would get competitive prices, and complained about the cost of subdivision and prohibitive survey charges. He suggested that the Native Land Court should be an appeal body, which would deal only with cases that Maori could not settle themselves, and agreed with Paora Tuhaere of Orakei that Maori committees should have power to adjudicate on Maori land titles.

Between 1891 and 1902 Tureiti played a very large role in the Kotahitanga movement for an independent Maori parliament. He organised the nominations and polling booths at Taupo in 1892, and from 1893 he was a minister in the Kotahitanga government. He believed that the chiefs in the movement should travel about with the Kotahitanga deeds of union to collect signatures in support of the movement. He supported H. K. Taiaroa's bill, presented to the Kotahitanga parliament, which would have granted the governor the power to sign into law bills passed by that parliament (an opposition bill denied the governor any role in law-making in the Kotahitanga parliament). He remained a minister of the Kotahitanga government until at least 1895. Till we meet again - Regards - edmondsallan