New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and former PM Jacinda Ardern are among those paying tribute to the country’s Maori King.
New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning at age 69, according to a statement released by his representatives.
The role of Maori monarch is not necessarily hereditary and the new leader will be appointed by heads of tribes associated with the King Movement on the day of Kiingi Tuheitia’s funeral but before he is buried, according to Radio New Zealand. The King Movement, or Kiingitanga, originated in 1858 in an attempt to unite the indigenous tribes of New Zealand under a single leader to strengthen their resistance to colonialism.New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in a statement that the country would mourn the loss of Kiingi Tuheitia.
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