Te Hitori o Te Raupatu
Timeline of significant events
1858
Pootatau Te Wherowhero is installed as first Maaori King, signs He Whakaputanga, the Declaration of Independence.
1860
Taawhiao Pootatau Te Wherowhero becomes the second Maaori King.
1863
Invasion of the Waikato – July to December. New Zealand Settlements Act. Government confiscated 1,202,172 acres.
1894
Kiingi Maahuta installed as the third Maaori King.
1912
Kiingi Te Rata succeeds his father to become the fourth Maaori King.
1916
Government attempts military conscription in Waikato during World War I. Kiingitanga leader Te Puea Heerangi maintains that Waikato had 'its own King' and would not fight for the British King.
1966
Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu succeeds her father to be the sixth and the longest-serving leader of the Kiingtanga.
1987
The Waitangi Tribunal receives the Waikato-Tainui WAI 30 claim concerning lands confiscated, Waikato River bed, fisheries and harbours.
1993
Hopuhopu and Te Rapa is returned.
1994
December 21 the signing of the Heads of Agreement to the Deed of Settlement at Hopuhopu.
2006
Kiingi Tuuheitia is installed.
2008
The Waikato-Tainui Deed of Settlement for the Waikato River is signed.