A brand new queen was topped because the eighth Māori monarch in New Zealand as her father, Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, was laid to relaxation.
Twenty-seven-year-old Ngā Wai hono i te pō was chosen as Kuini by a council of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori chiefs throughout an elaborate ceremony within the nation’s North Island.
She is barely the second Māori queen, the primary being her grandmother, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
Ngā Wai hono i te pō is the youngest baby of King Tuheitia, who died final Friday on the age of 69.