Chance had led the slayer of Tuwhare to put his head into the self-same tree where the dead ariki had, a short time previously, disposed the tiki.
For the ariki is thoroughly aware of the gradual extinction which is coming for his race.
Tuwhare was the name of the ariki or supreme chief of the Ngatewhatua; he was also a tohunga, or priest.
Next day the fern OF HIS CHILD is eaten by the Ariki (head chief).
Everything about an ariki was invested with a sacred mystery.
It was agreed at once that decisive action was necessary; so the ariki ordered his men to take their guns and other arms, to launch their boats, and proceed with him to the township where the Land Court was being held.
Originally, Hongi was ariki (head chief or king) of the Ngapuhi, and ruled over the inhabitants of the districts round the Bay of Islands, and between that and the west coast.
The ariki scolded him heartily for his baseness, that is to say, for the small amount of utu he had exacted.
When a new ariki was called to lead the tribe, he was invested with the merè ponamu with much important ceremony, just as Turkish sultans are girded with the sword of Othman, in token of their assumption of supreme power.
When defeated or threatened with its loss, the ariki or tohunga would hide the merè; and often the hiding-place would be unknown, since the chief might be killed before he could reveal it to his successor.
In due time, the ariki of the Ngatewhatua and his band arrived at the scene of action.
But an ariki in this condition was, of course, tapu in much higher degree.
Accompanied by a score or so of the rangatira of his hapu, the ariki rode over to the young settler's place.
Now the ariki of the little hapu had "got religion," as I have heard it phrased, and tried his best to be sanctimonious and pharisaic.
For instance, a Sydney vessel sails into Hokianga, or some other river, and is boarded by the ariki of the neighbourhood.
Had he been there, the ariki would have probably consulted him, and the war party would consequently not have started.
For this end the principal king (te ariki pa uta) lived in the interior of the island in the sacred and fertile district of Keia.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ariki" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
