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The monarchy of New Zealand [n 1] is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of New Zealand. [3] The current monarch is King Charles III, who has reigned since 8 September 2022.
In 2009, King Tūheitia visited the New Zealand Parliament and was acknowledged in the valedictory speech of the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark. [25] In the same year, the King accompanied Helen Clark to the United Nations upon her appointment as the United Nations Development Programme administrator. [26]
The Māori King movement, called the Kīngitanga [a] in Māori, is a Māori movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi (tribes) of New Zealand in the central North Island in the 1850s, to establish a role similar in status to that of the monarchy of the United Kingdom as a way of halting the alienation of Māori land. [3]
The letter acknowledges King Charles III’s ties to the late Maori king, Tuheitia, and expresses hope for a strong relationship with the new Maori queen, Nga Wai Hono i te Po.
The king of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori people, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died peacefully on Friday, according to his representatives. He was 69.
The 2025 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Charles III in his right as King of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. They were announced on 31 December 2024.
New Zealand’s parliament was sitting for the first time since the Oct. 14 election. Parliamentarians must all swear an oath to King Charles III, who is the country's head of state.
The role of the monarchy in New Zealand is a recurring topic of public discussion. [8] The Realm of New Zealand is the entire area over which the King of New Zealand is sovereign, and comprises two associated states, Niue and the Cook Islands, and the territories of Tokelau [9] and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in ...