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- A mataiapo or mata'iapo is a hereditary chiefly title in the Cook Islands. The head of a sub-tribe, subject to the ariki (paramount chief) as far as the...
- placed in saltire behind the shield. The coat of arms was designed by Mataiapo Papa Motu Kora. "Description of the Cook Islands Coat of Arms". Office...
- ngati (tribe). Beneath each ariki in the social hierarchy were a number of mataiapo and rangatira (minor chiefs) of noble rank. Ariki are either men or women...
- 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...
- (in the case of the Island of Mangaia). A tapere is normally headed by a mataiapo (a chief of a major lineage) or ariki (a High Chief, the titular head of...
- 1972 of the 1966 House of Ariki Act. The current president is Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid. On June 13, 2008, a small majority of members of the House...
- Reid (June 1943 – 16 June 2011), also known by the chiefly title Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid, was a Cook Islander tourism official, businesswoman and judge...
- Cook Islands. In 2004 she was invested with the chefly title Tara’are Mataiapo. Eggelton was elected to Parliament as a member of the Democratic Party...
- seat at the 2014 election. Herman was invested with the traditional Teaia Mataiapo title in 2009. University of Canterbury graduate search. http://www.canterbury...
- and as a storeowner. In 1977 he was invested with the title of Uirangi Mataiapo. He stood for Parliament in the 1978 Cook Islands general election, and...