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New Zealand’s Maori Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII has died at the age of 69. Aides for the king of the country’s ...

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 ...

using the Maori and English names for New Zealand. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also expressed her condolences. "You have been an advocate for Maori, for fairness, justice and ...

using the country’s Maori and English-language names. There are some 900,000 Maori people in New Zealand, about 17 percent of the population. The Maori monarch has been a powerful voice on the ...

By Alexandra E. Petri Kiingi Tuheitia, the Maori king who called for unity among New Zealand’s Indigenous tribes during his 18 years in his ceremonial but influential role, died on Friday.