MAORI ROYALTY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 52, 2 March 1934, Page 6

MAORI ROYALTY

■;■•■■ (To the-Editor.) - Jv ;--Sir-^-AVith-your ■permissionI'-1 would like~ to point out one.or. two errors-: overlookedby the writer, of - the- letter ; signed "Nu ■Tireni" which appeared: iv your paper on Wednesday.. -The^word ...flung" is the' only one in thV'EnstisK'dictionary which truly gives the fullest depth of meaning to our Maori word "Upoko Ariki." Therefore "Koroiki," ..who., .is the "Upoko Ariki" of his tribe is also "King" of his tribe.'; Then .agaiprthere-.was the reference to prince, and- princess; thVk'm of riung Koroiki" and other .'/-'Upqko Arikis.": Such titles; belong to: the'--Maori of high'rank",-.- TheyVvvere:the Bangatiras, meaning that the royal': blood-of 'the •Arikis" ran through their veins.; It was only with.- the spread '■ of education that the Maori .was. able to detect the full meaning of the'name: chief given to him by the pakeha. The chief in airy office in the cities is absolutely a .different person from an "Upoko Ariki" such as "King Koroiki." The "Arikis" were showered with love and loyalty by their tribes arid followers in the very same manner'as that shown- by all Europeans to their separate. Kings.--V --,-. ,:.-•,■.:■■ '-.'•:-;>- ; • With, .resrari;! to Sir ; Apirana Xsata being liientibnefl as the lejidei;of,th'e Maori race, I must sajv he "is^not that. CTTeiis in, the same boatjas1 ''King Koroiki.", They can I only king it:;or riilg ;,6yer, vthar, jpwn tribes', r They do not exist as'iar.as other "Arikis" anil tribes are concerned.—l am. c,tc, .' ■■ '.:'■. :■■■■- ; ■■-'- ■;:•- .- . ' • /:, vs.■■■-..^ % vTHQRQUaHBREp.