Jin Yuzhang, the rightful heir to China’s Qing dynasty, lives and works as a humble civil servant, occasionally giving interviews about the former imperial family - thanks that's interesting.
I have a book written about the formation of the King movement. The Maori King, by John Gorst, first published in 1864. A lot of content was that of Wiremu Tamihana. That book says, whilst it is true that the formation involved land issues, there were a number of other drivers. The Treaty of Waitangi, dramatically reduced the power of the chiefs, over their own people. they no longer could control the lower people, the released slaves and others. so they begged England to set up proper law and order. There was rampant promiscuity, and drunkenness, and the chiefs were, rightly, very concerned about this. There was crime from armed bands along the Waikato river, threatening both maori and settlers. The British made token attempts at setting up Maori constables as a type of police force, but for the most part, these new police just took the money and did very little, with one exception. Britain was not prepared to sufficiently fund a proper police force, something that could be seen as an obvious breach of the Treaty. So in desperation the idea of a king system was discussed, with the British example to go from.
Jin Yuzhang, the rightful heir to China’s Qing dynasty, lives and works as a humble civil servant, occasionally giving interviews about the former imperial family - thanks that's interesting.
And as monarchs' descendants go, this guy is pretty cool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Habsburg_(racing_driver)
I have a book written about the formation of the King movement. The Maori King, by John Gorst, first published in 1864. A lot of content was that of Wiremu Tamihana. That book says, whilst it is true that the formation involved land issues, there were a number of other drivers. The Treaty of Waitangi, dramatically reduced the power of the chiefs, over their own people. they no longer could control the lower people, the released slaves and others. so they begged England to set up proper law and order. There was rampant promiscuity, and drunkenness, and the chiefs were, rightly, very concerned about this. There was crime from armed bands along the Waikato river, threatening both maori and settlers. The British made token attempts at setting up Maori constables as a type of police force, but for the most part, these new police just took the money and did very little, with one exception. Britain was not prepared to sufficiently fund a proper police force, something that could be seen as an obvious breach of the Treaty. So in desperation the idea of a king system was discussed, with the British example to go from.