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 following ...

NGĀRUAWĀHIA, New Zealand — They came in their thousands in the freezing dawn, parking cars far away and winding down rural roads on foot, children riding on their shoulders. They arrived in mourning ...

Maori Television will provide live television coverage of the Maori Queen's funeral. The coverage starts at 8.30 AM today from Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia with the coronation of the successor ...

A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest challenges to race relations in two decades. A statement released by ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than 5000 mourners gathered this morning to pay their last respects to New Zealand's Maori Queen. The body of Dame Te ...