Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ DBE OStJ (born Pikimene Korokī Mahuta, 23 July 1931 – 15 August 2006) reigned as Māori Queen from 1966 until her death in 2006.

Leaders from the Kīngitanga subsequently elected Princess Piki to succeed her father during the six-day tangihanga (funeral rites); after an initial reluctance to accept the title, she formally became queen on 23 May, the day Korokī was buried.

[1] Although the office of the Māori monarch holds no constitutional function, it is the paramount head of the Waikato federation of tribes with its parliament.

[4] On 11 July 2006, she suffered what appeared to be a heart attack, and was admitted to intensive care in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton.

[10] Her widower, Whatumoana Paki, wanted a tombstone for his wife, but members of the royal family do not have grave markings.

[11] Instead, Paki paid tribute to his wife by planting a breed of purple roses, named specifically for Te Atairangikaahu, around a memorial stone outside their home.

[11] Tūheitia Paki, her eldest son, was chosen during the mourning period as her successor with the help of a "kingmaker", after the consent of the chiefs of all the leading tribes was sought.

Te Atairangikaahu herself was her father's second daughter, though the eldest was not born to his wife,[12] so any of her children or a leading figure from another iwi could have been appointed as her successor.