New Maori Queen anointed as King Tuheitia is buried
Mourners came from across the country to pay their final respects to the late monarch as his youngest daughter assumed the mantle
A Maori man holds portraits of his great grandfather, who is a Korean War veteran, while paying tribute with New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Charlotte Graham-McLay and Alan GIbson
New Zealand’s Maori chiefs have crowned a new queen in a traditional ceremony which also laid to rest King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII.
Nga wai hono i te po, the youngest child of the late monarch, became the second Maori queen in a tradition dating back to 1858.
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