A king who refused to return to his own land.

This is King Tawhiao, the second Māori king. And he refused to return to his own land. Kia ora whanau. I'm Aunty Buu and I'm here to teach you more about Māori culture. And I'm gonna be doing that while I eat some cookies. Okay, so after the Waikato wars, which took place back in the 1860s, when the Crown forces invaded the Waikato and stole a bunch of land. Large areas of the Waikato was taken under the, um, what's it called? The New Zealand Settlement Act of 1863. Kiwi Tawhiao and the Kingitanga movement. I still haven't got into this properly. They were pushed into the King Country, also where my mum's from, Kapatuhi. Kia ora. Kia ora. He didn't go back to the Waikato on a political stance, because returning would be accepting the confiscation of the land, and would be recognising the loss of sovereignty over that land as well. Tawhiao was not about that, but he stayed in isolation for years. 17 years. He couldn't go back to the capital in Ngaruawahia, and he also couldn't go back to the Waikato River. The circumstance with King Tawhiao mirrors a lot of other kings in history. For example, King Haakon VII, where's he from? Norway. He refused to surrender under Nazi occupation. He became a huge symbol of unity under exile, which was pretty cool. You also have King David II, the second of Scotland. He was also forced out by invasion, but he later came back to reclaim his throne. Through these similarities, there was one big difference. Tawhiao was not overseas. He was exiled in his own country, whose refusal was political. That the confiscation of land could not be accepted as permanent. While the Kingitanga then you skip to today whanau, where Laxton and his boys wanna sell off New Zealand to the highest bidders. You have until July 2nd, which is, like, tomorrow. Make your submission!!! It's easy peasy. Let them know that New Zealand's not for sale, kare. I mean, I did it in Florida, so you have no excuse. I'm Aunty Buu, and I'm finally gonna finish my cookie. Bye whanau.