Mahuta Tāwhiao

Mahuta Tāwhiao
Te Kiingi Maaori
Māori King
Reign26 August 1894 – 9 November 1912
Coronation14 September 1894
PredecessorMatutaera Tāwhiao
SuccessorTe Rata
Whirinaki-a-te-Kiingi (1903-1910)Te Wherowhero Tawhiao (younger brother)
Borncirca 1854–55
Waikato, New Zealand
Died9 November 1912(1912-11-09) (aged 56–57)
Waahi, Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand
Burial
SpouseTe Marae
IssueTe Rata
Tumate Mahuta
Tonga Mahuta
Regnal name
Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te wherowhero
Posthumous name
Mahuta Potatau Te Wherowhero III
Kāhui ArikiTe Wherowhero
FatherTāwhiao
MotherHera Ngapora

Mahuta Tāwhiao I (c.1855 9 November 1912) was the third Māori King, reigning from 1894 to 1912, and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1903 to 1910.