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Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII is being laid to rest after his death earlier this week.

Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII is being laid to rest after his death earlier this week.

"As one is farewelled, one is welcomed": Kiingi Tuheitia will be carried to his final resting place as the new Māori monarch is ushered in today.

Kiingi Tuheitia's youngest child, Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, is the second female monarch of the Kiingitanga.

The House - Parliament met briefly today, and only to offer respects to the late Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII.