Rangatira ([rɑːŋɑːʈiːrɑː]) are the hereditary Māori leaders of hapū, and were described by ethnologists such as Elsdon Best as chieftains (p. 88). Ideally, rangatira were people of great practical wisdom who held authority on behalf of the tribe and maintained boundaries between a tribe`s land and that of other tribes. Changes to land ....
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[Cook Islands] A `rangatira` was the title given to a minor chief in the Cook Islands - often someone who was closely related to an ariki or mataiapo, now usually by the younger brothers or sisters; the head of a branch of a rangatira or mataiapo family. A rangatira title was usually inherited within a family. It was associated with a taper...
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