Following the anointment of his daughter, the King’s coffin was taken to the Waikato River by hearse before being paddled in a flotilla of traditional Maori waka or canoe to Taupiri Mountain ...

His body was transported via hearse that led a grand funeral procession to the Waikato River where his coffin was paddled in a traditional Maori canoe with Ngawai Hono i te Po on board to Taupiri ...

A waka, a traditional canoe, is paddled by warriors as part of the funeral of New Zealand's Maori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, Thursday ...

A council of New Zealand's indigenous Maori chiefs anointed a new queen on September 5, as a flotilla of war canoes readied to transport her father, the late monarch, for burial on a sacred mountain.

A council of New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a new queen on 5 September 2024 as a flotilla of war canoes readied to transport her father, the late monarch, for burial on a sacred mountain.

The coffin was later paddled — in a traditional canoe flotilla — along the river to Taupiri Mountain, the final resting place of the king and other high-profile Maori, according to CNN.

A statement released by representatives said Nga Wai Hono i te Po had been chosen by Maori elders to replace ... flotilla of traditional Maori waka or canoe to Taupiri Mountain where he will ...

The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new queen after the death of their king — and she’s Catholic. King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII died ...

His body was transported via hearse that led a grand funeral procession to the Waikato River where his coffin was paddled in a traditional Maori canoe with Ngawai Hono i te Po on board to Taupiri, a ...

New Zealand's Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen ... carried down the Waikato River as part of a flotilla of four war canoes, each powered by more than a dozen rowers.