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| | New Zealand’s Maori Population Mourns Dead Queen - Softpedia |
 | | The 75 year old Queen of the Maori population, making up approximately 15 per cent of the indigenous population of New Zealand, Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu, died on Tuesday, August 15th, at her residence in Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, in the presence of her husband Whatumoana Paki and her seven children. |
 | | According to the records, Queen Te Ata, as she was nicknamed, was the longest serving royal of the Kingitanga (King) movement, which officially opposed the colonization of the Maori-controlled land by the European, especially British, settlers. |
 | | In addition to that she was the seventh Maori sovereign, ruling the Maori population for 40 years, being a direct descendant of the royal family that began governing the Maori in 1858, in response to the British colonization of New Zealand. |
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