Memoirs of Makea Nui Teremoana Ariki CBE

[@blakgustapo]

This is so interesting as my grandmother has told us stories of our direct line to the Makea Title, so many stories growing up and it is only now as we are older we are learning more about our genealogy.

[@tigerdogboom2134]

What abour makea karika and makea vakatini

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

The Makea Ariki title was split into three lines between the eldest son of the three wives of Makea Ariki, a few generations before the coming of the Missionaries in the early 19th century. Makea Nui was the eldest line, Karika the 2nd line and Vakatini the third line.

[@elaine21974]

Where can I buy the book in Australia?

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

Sorry the book was limited edition only that her daughter published privately

[@kirianangatai4358]

Who is the next king of Rarotonga? Teariki?

[@GaSh23]

Rarotonga has never had a "king" - Makea Nui, Makea Karika, and Makea Vakatini are titular heads for Ngati Makea and their associated ngati and no one else, same with Pa and Kainuku - they are titular heads of Ngati Pa and Ngati Kainuku despite them being called queens of Takitumu; ariki in vaka Takitumu is more accurate. The primary governing force in pre-contact (1823) was the mataiapo, specifically. If anything, the ariki of those days held a status similar to primus inter pares "first among equals" as the social/political system in those days did not account for centralised government entities like today i.e. monarchy. The rise of rangatira and ariki during the 19th century and early 20th century effectively dismantled peu maori - what you see today is merely an adaptation of European hierarchy. Many would call my words whinging, but you need only to examine the gross corruption within the current land tenure system to see just how important and relevant the pre-contact social/political structure is today.

[@VaipaeAreora]

@@GaSh23 Fascinating! Thanks for that intriguing insight

[@vteceta]

@@GaSh23 Meitaki maata

[@DatBxtchJ4y]

2:56 Sounds like the NZ Maori language

[@ryankanton]

yes very similar language.

[@AlbertAlbert-je3fs]

Polynesian language with a slight of dialect differences. Hawaii, Rapanui, Tahiti, Cook Islands of the eastern Polynesia. Samoa, Niue, Tonga, part of Fiji of Central. Marshalls, Tokerau, Palau, Ellis and others further west. One language, different dialect, Some mild, others, more extreme in pronunciation.