Talk:Tūheitia

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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Election of the VIII Māori monarch was copied or moved into Tūheitia. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Parts of the following news article seem to be copied from this Wikipedia article and care should be taken if citing it: "Māori King Tūheitia’s death: The Māori who didn’t want to be king but became a man for his people". The New Zealand Herald. 30 August 2024.

Korotangi Paki court case 2014

An editor has attempted to take out most of the actual facts around the king's son's court case with an abbreviated version that is quite and perhaps deliberately misleading. Specifically it leaves out the facts that Korotangi admitted that he was GUILTY to all 4 charges. In addition it left out that reason why he was not actually convicted ie he is the son of a king. It left out the punishment he received. Further it leaves out the after shock of the revelation of the extent of Korotangi's anti social attitudes displayed on the teen's own social media. One of the newspaper articles removed by the editor emphasizes the crisis the son's actions have had on the king. Claudia

This is an article on the father. Hugely in-depth coverage of his teenage son being a teenager is not really appropriate. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:28, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am not asking for huge, in depth coverage -just accurate portrayal of the basic facts. Korotangi is not just "being a teenager"-he is being a criminal!! Your statement is just utter nonsense.I probably know well at least 100 young men of that age and none have been involved in crime. Most teens are law abiding! Details of his previous court case have been in the article for years. This latest spate of law breaking is far more serious both for him and his father. To say nothing of Korotangi's social media impact which has been far worse in Tainui. It is not unusual for young men to go the jail for the string of offences he has committed. It has now led to the highly unusual event of the crown challenging the judge's decision not to convict. In view of the king's bad health 1 of the sons may be king sooner rather than later. It is notable that the king has not carried out any, or many, official duties for several years now. Claudia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.62.226.243 (talk) 06:30, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Conflict of interest

A major contributor to the article, ArchdeaconNgira, noted in an edit summary that they are an "official of the King's office". I think the article may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. Nurg (talk) 09:37, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Main Page ITN

Could this be featured of the Main Page's In The News section? Bajaria (talk) 21:33, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For his death? I've proposed that and I think it's going to happen. Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates#August 30 Dhantegge (talk) 07:58, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move suggestion

Should we rename this page Tuheitia? "Tuheitia Paki" was his birth name but he is almost exclusively referred to in the news as "Tūheitia", as well as by the Kingitanga themselves

Some news articles that call him Tuheitia (some include the prefix "Kiingi" but that isn't conventional, except for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) -

Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia's tangi: Updates, day four - RNZ

In photos: Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia's 18-year reign - RNZ

New Zealand’s Māori King Tuheitia dies aged 69 - The Guardian

New Zealand's Māori King Tuheitia dies - BBC News

New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia dies aged 69 - Al Jazeera

Dhantegge (talk) 07:19, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also very important - "Tuheitia" does not have a macron. This page is incorrect in that regard. Dhantegge (talk) 10:13, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is your basis for saying that the 'u' does not have a macron? Is it based on written sources, or based on pronunciation, or both? Please elaborate. Nurg (talk) 06:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't had a proper look, but it does appear to me that it is macronless. Sources appear to be inconsistent. Sometimes they use a macron, sometimes they don't.

―Panamitsu (talk) 06:42, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But then the dictionary includes a macron so something strange that I don't understand going on. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

oh sorry i moved and then remember to check talk, someone can undo if they want TheLoyalOrder (talk) 08:07, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, let's keep it as Tūheitia for now, as you have moved it. That's the main issue - @TheLoyalOrder if you could also move "Death of Tūheitia Paki" to "Death of Tūheitia" that would be good.

In my opinion, the only spelling that is valid is that of the Kiingitanga themselves, and they do not use a macron. When Tuheitia spoke in January he appeared before a lectern that said "Kiingi Tuheitia". Plus the Waikato Tainui website uses the same spelling. Dhantegge (talk) 08:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dropping 'Paki' from the title seems like the right thing, so I don't intend to undo it. (The matter of the macron requires more discussion.) Nurg (talk) 08:51, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nurg kia ora. There is only one source in which there is a macron, and that is Te Aka Māori Dictionary. I agree that this is weird, in that Te Aka would in any case be a reliable source. What concerns me is circular reporting getting the king's name wrong by merely looking at the Wikipedia page... Dhantegge (talk) 08:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is plain wrong that there is only one source in which there is a macron. There are numerous sources that use 'Tūheitia', numerous sources that use 'Tuuheitia', and numerous sources that use 'Tuheitia'. The primary consideration in resolving this is how it is pronounced. If it is pronounced with a short 'u', we should remove the macron. If it is pronounced with a long 'u', we should keep the macron. Nurg (talk) 03:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff uses a macron: [1] in fact, the only doubled vowel in the list of Māori monarchs in that article is Te Atairangikaahu. I suggest everyone wait until someone from Waikato-Tainui comments here to explain why this apparent inconsistency, before adding or removing any macrons. Daveosaurus (talk) 05:16, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What? That's a ridiculous suggestion. Traumnovelle (talk) 08:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well pardon me for suggesting that maybe you should get your facts straight before monkeying around with the spelling of people's names. Daveosaurus (talk) 21:28, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kīngi vs Kiingi

Shouldn’t we be somewhat more deliberate about our orthography? That is: double-vowelling vs the macrons, especially in Kiingi. I understand on English language articles we don’t need a complete standardisation of one orthography over the other when words are coming from another language, as many words get to English from different times and places, but shouldn’t we at least use the same spelling of Kiingi throughout? And should that spelling not be the one used by Tainui? — HTGS (talk) 00:08, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My 2 cents: I do think that, generally, on topics particularly relevant to Waikato-Tainui we should be using their choice of orthography for Māori words. Though, as noted in some of the discussions above, it seems they are not always consistent. I would make an exception for words which are commonly used and have an established spelling in NZ English, e.g. I probably wouldn't use Maaori in place of Māori/Maori unless it was a direct quote.-161.29.216.215 (talk) 02:15, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We should indeed use the same spelling thoughout. MOS:COMMONALITY says "When more than one variant spelling exists within a national variety of English, the most commonly used current variant should usually be preferred, except where the less common spelling has a specific usage in a specialized context". That means to me that we should use macrons, and for this example, "kīngi"/"Kīngi". The exception for "specific usage in a specialized context" would include the formal proper names of organisations and similar, such as the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. But I don't think the exception should extend to the names of kings – we should stick with Kīngi Tūheitia, Kīngi Tāwhiao etc. Nurg (talk) 04:36, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’m realising now that if this discussion goes any further, it should probably migrate to Talk:Māori King movement if a more global preference is desired. On that question, I note that modern usage in news sources is highly mixed and, without some analysis, I don’t see a preferred variant, and so I would prefer to use the Kiingitanga’s preferred spelling (←).

For here and now though, would everyone be happy enough to agree that at least the words Kīngitanga and Kīngi should agree and be consistent orthographically throughout this article? Note that most mentions use the macron at the moment, but within the same paragraph of the Family section, we have “Te Kaunihera a te Kiingi” and “Te Whirinaki a te Kīngi”, so for mere consistency we would change Kiingi to Kīngi there. It may or may not be worth noting that in 2013, sources that mentioned those two phrases either used kiingi, or kingi, with no macrons. And there’s also one other “Kiingitanga” in a footnote to be changed, but that seems uncontroversial. — HTGS (talk) 02:06, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree 👍.-161.29.216.215 (talk) 09:06, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]