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

The tangihanga of Kiingi Tuheitia will soon be officially over, and Kuini Nga wai hono i te po's first engagement will be a speech tonight.

New Zealand's eighth Māori monarch, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, has been crowned as Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII was laid to rest.

New Zealand's eighth Māori monarch, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, has been crowned as Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII was laid to rest.

Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, King Tuheitia's only daughter, has been named as his successor, while thousands have joined the procession for the late...

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

Tears of joy mingled with those shed in sorrow as thousands of people at Tuurangawaewae - and across Aotearoa - farewelled one Māori monarch and...

Tears of joy mingled with those shed in sorrow as thousands of people at Tuurangawaewae - and across Aotearoa - farewelled one Māori monarch and...

Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, King Tuheitia's only daughter, has been named as his successor, ahead of the the burial of the late Māori King.

Tears of joy mingled with those shed in sorrow as thousands of people at Tuurangawaewae - and across Aotearoa - farewelled one Māori monarch and...