Heads of Maoriland

Name - Te Kaiharatanga o Whenua Maori (Maori) / Empire of Maoriland (English) / Reich von Maoriland (German)

Continent - Oceania

Capital - Kaunihera Taone [Auckland]

Head of state - Kaihara Whatumoana II

Head of government - Te Upoku o Te Kaunihera o Te Whakahaerenga Nui -----

Legislature - Reketanga - Wananga o Rangatira (upper), Wananga o Tangatawhenua (lower)

Whakataka of the Wananga o Rangatira -

Whakataka of the Wananga o Tangatawhenua -

Judiciary - Te Koti Matua

Te Upoku o Te Koti Matua -

Form of government - Confederal elective empire under a democratic ministerial confidential constitution

Form of law - Anglo-Maori Law

Demonym - Maorilander

Area - 114,329 km^2

Largest cities

-Putakata [Port Waikato]- 64,000 (city), 141,000 (metro)

-Whitbread [Wellington]- 46,000 (city), 104,000 (metro)

-Nohapuku [Hokianga]- 22,000 (city), 34,000 (metro)

Time zone - TMP+12:00

Currency - Maorilander tara (pegged to Australian dollar)

Language - Maori, English, German

Population - 1,520,000

Ethnicities

-Maori - 62.7%

-German - 13.4%

-Anglo - 9.3%

-Russian - 5.2%

-Chinese - 3.1%

-Portuguese - 2.7%

-Other - 3.6%

Density - 13.29 /km^2

National festival - Independence Day (April 11) - commemorating the departure of the British Resident-General (1944)

Anthem - Kia tau te rangimarie

Motto - Ko te tika, ko te pono, ko te aroha

-Kaunihera Taone

-the Kawanatanga, headed by a Kawana

-Tainui dominant

-leading state, from right of Northland to just south of Kaunihera Taone to Taranaki

-the Kunikitanga, headed by a Kuniki

-Ngapuhi dominant

-second leading state, in [Northland]which was the most independent

-capital is Kororareka

-Ngati Kahungunu

-headed by a Konoro

-title based on Italian for consul

-the Katanatanga, headed by a Katana

-led by Te Arawa

-the Whakaminenga, headed by a council

-Te Aitanga-a-Hauti one of the main ones, but more decentral

-East Cape area

-Nohapuku

-from Neu-Hamburg

-ruled by descendants of Baron Thierry

-with title of King

-center of German culture

-Whitbread

-Grey [Russell]

-Neu-Hannober [New Plymouth]

-Thierryshaven [Gisborne]

-Nuova Genova [Clive]

-named after Genoa, birthplace of the great Mazzini

-Burke [Hastings]

-state stretches to [Napier]

-center of Anglo population of Maoriland

-so named in honor of Edmund Burke's anti-corporate rule stance

-Tauranga

-Castlepoint

-Vladiyug [Whanganui]

-meaning "Lord of the South"

-settled by Russians and Chinese fleeing Russo-Chinese War (1893-9)

-and as a result speaks Russian today

-Neu-Kopenhagen [Masterton]

-settled by Danish

-but goes heavily German

-Hongi Hika still goes to the UK and gets expensive gifts and the like

-which gives him a massive leg up in the Musket Wars

-doesn't get his bullet wound, instead leads his tribe into the late 1830s with some success

-while Te Rauparaha flees southwards

-also escapees from New South Wales, many of them make their way to New Zealand trying to escape (Republic of Australia > History)

-most of them try to flee Australia entirely, either along with whalers or, in some cases, fall in with the Maori, become Aorihi, and give them some knowledge to help them against English

-with British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9) in British Isles, many aristocrats move out, among them Baron Charles de Thierry

-who previously purchased a whole lot of land in Hokianga from Hongi Hika (in return for a lot of muskets)

-leads colonization society in Hamburg, on that basis successfully gets land at Hokianga, names city there Neu-Hamburg

-takes it along with Chatham Islands, which Germany keeps to modern day

-and inspires German trade of sorts across Cook Strait

-influences Ngapuhi to take title of Kuniki (from German Konig)

-and eventually use of Kaihara (from Kaiser) to refer to weak super-king in analogy to Empire of the German Nation

-Ngapuhi, now with its ruler known as Kuniki, seek to unify NZ

-in failed attempt to unify NZ, only unifies tribes in [Northland]which it already dominates

-also engages in royal marriages and diplomacy in Tonga and Fiji

-also sends out feelers, organizes modern state, in attempt to get foreign recognition to secure itself

-Te Arawa signs treaty with British Isles to defend itself against Ngapuhi, becomes protectorate

-with title of Katana (Captain) given

-in 1850s, under Heads of Italy > 1854-1863 Giuseppe Mazzini (Young Italy), Italy establishes a colony

-as part of missionary efforts to spread their Independent Catholicism

-successfully converts Ngati Kahungunu

-for the most part it's a really small settlement

-in 1860s Kahunungu brings in a lot of Portuguese settlers to area

-as part of labor in area where densities are considerably lower

-a lot of these are Roman Catholics but clear preference for and majority of Independent Catholics

-in contrast, with the post-revolutionary British Isles regime being fairly anti-spending, it does very little colonization in islands, instead bits of them are bought by many colonists from Australia

-eventually, discovery of gold in Otago in 1864 brings about massive wave of settlement into New Munster

-settler militias elect a Superintendent who commits a bunch of crimes against the Maori

-however, war is pretty hard and far north of island sees them stopped

-expulsion process begins, takes into 20th century

-with those who stay forced into reservations

-Australia's administration unilaterally declares New Munster a colony

-Tainui expands into Taranaki following collapse of southernly confederation, adopts title of Kawana (from governor) to get equality with Australia

-sees an impressive boom in this era

-eventually, during French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4), German fleet torches New Pondicherry (stone buildings still stand)

-afterwards, France rebuilds city and sends more people there

-during French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5), France obsessed with defending it, builds very large fortifications

-sends new wave of settlers onto town, eventually with 7k people and a small hinterland

-and a lot of Maori there

-but eventually in convention fixing spheres of influence France gives city to the British

-Neu-Hamburg, which is center of bigger hinterland, does maintain much settlement but loses it consistently to gold rushes

-a bigger city than New Pondicherry because Germany has more people to send than France but still consistently loses settlers

-and as part of treaty with British Isles normalizing Germany sells Neu-Hamburg to the British

-in following decades, British residents extend influence over NZ through allied rulers (and wars)

-with some very small settlements (not enough supply, Australia attracts many more because of reputation of war, many settlers also choose to move to Australia)

-campaigns often pushed by Australia, which has hopes of securing its maritime border

-with Ngapuhi then Tainui made into protectorates first

-British gradually expand

-in 1911 British try to simplify administration by establishing a Resident-General ruling over the Confederated Maori States, and renewed attempts at resisting this colonialism comes when Maori super-tribes agree to create a council of rulers located at place now known as Kaunihera Taone (or Council Town)

-by 1920, British consolidate entirety of Maori Island under their rule

-to avoid a catastrophic rebellion, large restrictions on settler colonialism

-in 1921, in a confrontational move following Australian court jurisdiction controversy, the Maori States elect a Kaihara, or emperor

-name coming from the Emperor of Germany, long influential as a model of a hyper-decentralized elective monarchy

-clear move to gain independence, but purely symbolic

-concession of a parliament achieved soon afterwards

-as part of decolonizing reforms of Heads of British Isles > 1938-1949 Edwin Montagu (Radical-Democratic-Cooperative - "Radical") †, British conceded independence

-as part of constitution, institution of the Kaihara made official, Maoriland declared ostentatiously an empire (in English translation)