Sitting on a carved wooden throne, the new monarch was announced at a gathering at Tūrangawaewae Marae, the seat of the Kiingitanga or "Māori king movement". The movement arose in the 1800s as a ...

in front of thousands of people gathered for the tangihanga of Kiingi Tuheitia," a statement shared on the Kiingitanga's (Māori King Movement's) Instagram page read. Phil Walter/Getty Why 2023 Is ...

Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, the Maori king, was one of a number of indigenous ... The document proposes that whales' "freedom of movement, cultural expression - which includes language ...

The Kiingitanga, or Maori King movement, was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting New Zealand’s tribes under a single sovereign in the face of British colonisation. The Maori monarch is a ...