Korokī Mahuta

Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (16 June 1906 – 18 May 1966) was the fifth Māori king. He was the elder son of the fourth Māori king, Te Rata Mahuta, and Te Uranga of the Ngāti Korokī tribe.

Biography Korokī Mahuta was born at Waahi, Huntly, on 16 June 1906. He was named Korokī after the ancestor of his mother's tribe. He had at least two brothers and two sisters. Korokī's younger brother Taipū died in 1924, He was chosen to succeed his father as king and accepted reluctantly. He was crowned on 8 October 1933, the day of his father's funeral. On 30 December 1953 he received Queen Elizabeth II when she called at his official residence at Tūrangawaewae marae at Ngāruawāhia during the coronation tour.

He died at Ngāruawāhia on 18 May 1966 and was buried on Mount Taupiri on 23 May 1966. He was succeeded by his daughter Piki, who was given her mother's name of Te Atairangikaahu at her coronation.