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According to Willie Jackson, former Minister of Māori Development, Tūheitia was never groomed to be king, and was given short notice about his ascension in 2006 by his dying mother. [52] He was apparently "almost immediately assailed by lobbyists and political groups jockeying for his favour". [ 53 ]
The King died on the morning of Friday, 30 August 2024, according to a statement released by the office of the Kīngitanga early on Friday morning. According to the Australian Associated Press , the statement read "Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII has died peacefully ... accompanied by his wife [Te Atawhai] and their children ...
Kiingi Tuheitia succeeded his mother, Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu, in 2006. New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning at age 69, according to ...
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.
A statement released by representatives said Nga Wai Hono i te Po had been chosen by Maori elders to replace her father, King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, who died aged 69 last week ...
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — New Zealand’s Māori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne. He was the seventh monarch in the Kiingitanga movement, holding a position created in 1858 to unite New Zealand's Indigenous Māori tribes in the face of British ...
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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 ...