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In May 2019, King Tūheitia and members of the Whare Ariki travelled to the Vatican City where the King met Pope Francis in a private audience. The two met and discussed issues pertaining to Te Iwi Maori and indigenous peoples around the world. King Tūheitia also issued a formal invitation for the Pope to visit Tūrangawaewae marae and New ...
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]
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours Sir Selwyn Tanetoa Parata KNZM (born 1956 or 1957) is a New Zealand Māori leader. He has served as chair of the Ngāti Porou tribal authority, Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou, since 2014.
An umbrella group comprising at least 80 Maori tribes has sent an open letter to King Charles III demanding that he intervene in New Zealand politics and ensure the government honours its ...