# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tawhiao
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:23:03.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tawhiao"
name: "Tāwhiao"
slug: "tawhiao"
description: "Kīngi Tāwhiao, known initially as Matutaera, reigned as the Māori King from 1860 until his death. After his flight to the King Country, Tāwhiao was also Paramount Chief of Te Rohe Pōtae for 17 years, until 1881. A rangatira, and a religious figure – a tohunga ariki – Tāwhiao amassed power and authority during a time of momentous change, to become de facto leader of the Waikato tribes. He was a member of the Ngati Mahuta hapū and the kāhui ariki, the Kīngitanga royal family."
tagline: "Maori king"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TawhiaoNLA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1825"
deathDate: "1894-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             4.845443596949018
  historical:           6.666461333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  250
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Тафіао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81whiao"
    title: "Tāwhiao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81whiao"
    title: "Tāwhiao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81whiao"
    title: "Tāwhiao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81whiao"
    title: "Tāwhiao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81whiao"
    title: "Tāwhiao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Тафиао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3547056"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump