Editing Elective monarchy (section)

===Oceania===
Several [[Māori people|Māori]] [[iwi|tribes]] of the central [[North Island]] of [[New Zealand]] elected [[Pōtatau Te Wherowhero]] as their monarch in 1858. The [[Māori King movement]] or Kiingitanga has continued to the present. The current Māori monarch (i.e. monarch of the Kiingitanga movement, not of all Māori) is Kuīni (Queen) [[Nga wai hono i te po]]. While in principle the position is not hereditary, in practice every Māori monarch thus far has been a child of the previous monarch.

The [[Hawaiian Kingdom]] could be considered a ''de facto'' example. From 1864 until the monarchy was overthrown in 1893, it was constitutionally a [[hereditary monarchy]] utilizing [[male-preference primogeniture]]. However, the Constitutions of [[1864 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom|1864]] and [[1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom|1887]], and the draft constitution of 1893, all provided that, in the event of the extinction of the royal line, the Legislature would elect a "native [[aliʻi]]" as the new monarch and stirps of a new dynasty. In practice, however, during the entire time from 1864 until the abolition of the monarchy, the throne was never passed from parent to child, as every Hawaiian monarch who reigned during that period died without leaving issue. Following the 1872 death of [[Kamehameha V|King Kamehameha V]], a non-binding referendum was held, in which [[Lunalilo|William Charles Lunalilo]] won; he was subsequently elected king by the legislature in 1873. [[Kalākaua|King Kalākaua]] was elected by the legislature in 1874, after Lunalilo's death. However, when Kalākaua died in 1891, the crown demised to the collateral line of his sister, [[Liliʻuokalani|Queen Liliʻuokalani]]. Prior to 1864, the Hawaiian King-in-Council appointed the heir to the Hawaiian throne.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}