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King Tuheitia's daughter and youngest child, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, was announced by the Tekau-ma-Rua as the next monarch on 5 September 2024, the last day of his tangi. She is the second queen of the Kīngitanga, after her grandmother Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
The election of the eighth Māori monarch took place from 3 to 5 September 2024, following the death of King Tūheitia. The Tekau-mā-rua (Tūheitia's privy council) convened a meeting of tribal leaders from throughout New Zealand to chose his successor by consensus. They chose Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, Tūheitia's youngest child and only daughter.
Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII GCCT KStJ KCLJ (born Tūheitia Paki; 21 April 1955 – 30 August 2024), crowned as Kīngi Tūheitia, reigned as the Māori King from 2006 until his death in 2024. He was the eldest son of the previous Māori monarch, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu , and was announced as her successor and crowned on 21 ...
August 29, 2024 at 3:12 PM. WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning at age 69, according to a statement released by ...
Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō [a] (born 13 January 1997) is the Māori Queen since 2024, [3] [4] being elected to succeed her father Tūheitia. [5] The youngest child and only daughter of Tūheitia, she is a direct descendant of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who was installed in 1858.
Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations amid rising tensions over proposed legal changes. ... December 12, 2024 at 10:08 AM.
Tūheitia, the Māori King and leader of the Kīngitanga, died on 30 August 2024 at the age of 69. The King had been recovering in hospital from an unsuccessful cardiac surgery. [1] His death came less than two weeks after hosting his eighteenth koroneihana, the annual celebration of his coronation.
Indigenous Maori politicians broke with protocol at the opening of New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday, pledging allegiance first to their descendants and the country's founding document before ...