A ceremony has been held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum to begin the repatriation of six First Nations ancestors back to Australia, NITV reports.
She was adorned in a korowai ahead of the graduation ceremony, a prestigious honour gifted by Professor Tracey McIntosh and the Departments of Sociology and Criminology.
Erin Paki has been managing koha at Tūrangawaewae marae for the past 25 years.
Taatahi Ora, Waikura, Taakitumu, and Te Tiimatanga were the four waka taking the late king to his final resting place at Taupiri Maunga.
Watch the new ariki, Nga Wai Hono i te Po Paki, ascend the throne to become the new Māori kuini.
After a week of tangihanga, today is the Rā Nehu (the burial day) and Te Whakawahinga will be at 10am on Turangawaewae marae.
The company has launched NZ’s first green hydrogen dual-fuel milk collection tanker which it expects to achieve a significant reduction in CO2 emissions.
The day will begin at 10am on Tuurangawaewae Marae, where Tekau-maa-rua (The Kiingitanga advisory council) will bring the new Māori monarch to the throne.
The scientific name of the Manawatāwhi pāua, Haliotis pirimoana, was proposed by Ngāti Kuri, which holds historic and territorial rights over the islands.
Yasmine Serhan is a Palestinian living in Aotearoa who was invited as part of a Palestinian rōpu to pay their respects to the Kiingitanga.