Te Atairangikaahu

Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Te Arikinui
Te Atairangikaahu in 1975
Māori Queen
Reign	23 May 1966 – 15 August 2006
Coronation	23 May 1966
Predecessor	Korokī
Successor	Tūheitia
Born	Pikimene Korokī Mahuta (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 ​ (m. 1952)​
Issue	Heeni Katipa (née Paki) Tomairangi Paki Tūheitia Kiki Solomon (née Paki) Mihi Gabrielle Paki Maharaia Paki Te Manawanui Clarkson (née Paki)
Names Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
House	Te Wherowhero
Father	Korokī Mahuta
Mother	Te Atairangikaahu Herangi

Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ DBE OStJ (born Pikimene Korokī Mahuta, 23 July 1931 – 15 August 2006) reigned as Māori Queen from 1966 until her death in 2006. Her reign was the longest 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. Her full whakapapa (lineage) name, linking her to previous Māori monarchs, was Te Atairangikaahu Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.^[1]