Rangatira

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Rangatira( pronounced Rung-uh-tee-rah) are the hereditary Māori chieftains, descended from the chieftain/s of a waka. A waka was a boat of the first Māori settlers. These chieftains were men of great leadership and wisdom, each of whom commanded their own retinue of Maori Toa. They were the holders of power (land, that is) and established strict boundaries between their own land and other Rangatira's.

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