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Tūheitia Paki

1955 - 2024

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Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII GCCT KStJ KCLJ (born Tūheitia Paki; 21 April 1955 – 30 August 2024), crowned as Kīngi Tūheitia, reigned as the Māori King from 2006 until his death in 2024. He was the eldest son of the previous Māori monarch, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and was announced as her successor and crowned on 21 August 2006, the final day of her tangi. Tūheitia was patron to Te Matatini, the largest Māori cultural festival, and also of Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tūheitia Paki has received more than 324,884 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tūheitia Paki is the 16,998th most popular politician (down from 15,224th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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  • 320k

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  • 42.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tūheitia Paki ranks 16,998 out of 19,576Before him are Kazimierz Laskowski, Linas Antanas Linkevičius, Cristóbal Montoro, Riyad Farid Hijab, Harry Pollitt, and Ron Brown. After him are Tamás Faragó, John Brown Gordon, Avdullah Hoti, Carlos P. Romulo, Rashidi Kawawa, and Patrick Manning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Tūheitia Paki ranks 517Before him are Pavel Složil, Tony Miles, Ignazio Marino, Steve Lillywhite, Jim Neidhart, and Clare Higgins. After him are Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Greg Norman, Anne Henning, Eduardo Bonvallet, Bill Laswell, and Andy Tennant. Among people deceased in 2024, Tūheitia Paki ranks 394Before him are Maxine Singer, Raema Lisa Rumbewas, Alan Rachins, Jack Jones, Bob Schul, and Benji Gregory. After him are Adan Canto, Kelvin Kiptum, Charles Dierkop, Sartaj Aziz, Gordon Bell, and Phelekezela Mphoko.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Tūheitia Paki ranks 102 out of 303Before him are Ross Collinge (1944), Niki Caro (1967), Lucky Diamond Rich (1971), Dan Carter (1982), John Hunter (1943), and Onny Parun (1947). After him are Peter Arnett (1934), Alexander Aitken (1895), Tony Hurt (1946), Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), and Callan Mulvey (1975).

Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Tūheitia Paki ranks 19Before him are Anand Satyanand (1944), Juliet Mitchell (1940), Bill Pickering (1910), Jenny Shipley (1952), Chris Hipkins (1978), and Bill English (1961). After him are Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), Winston Peters (1945), Jerry Mateparae (1954), Keith Holyoake (1904), and Jim Bolger (1935).