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His death came less than two weeks after hosting his eighteenth koroneihana, the annual celebration of his coronation. As the Māori monarchy is not hereditary by right, leaders of tribes associated with the Kīngitanga gathered to elect Tūheitia's successor during his tangihanga (funeral rites), which lasted five days.
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 ...
New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning at age 69, according to a statement released by his representatives. "The death of Kiingi Tuheitia is ...
In photos: Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia's 18-year reign - RNZ New Zealand’s Māori King Tuheitia dies aged 69 - The Guardian New Zealand's Māori King Tuheitia dies - BBC News New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia dies aged 69 - Al Jazeera Dhantegge 07:19, 2 September 2024 (UTC) Also very important - "Tuheitia" does not have a macron. This page ...
Ngā Wai hono i te pō is the new Māori chiefs Queen after her father Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII died at age 69 on Aug. 30 Māori Queen Becomes Second Female to be Crowned in ...
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.
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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]