Ngaruawahia (New Zealand) (AFP) – New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anoint a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch, a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the country’s Indigenous community. Nga Wai hono i te po Paki is the youngest daughter of King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, who died on August 30 after heart surgery.
New Zealand’s Maori anoint new queen as her father is buried
