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New Zealand’s Maori King dies after 18-year rule
Updated On: 31 August, 2024 07:43 AM IST | NUKU’ALOFA | Agencies
Tuheitia died in hospital after heart surgery, said Rahui Papa, a spokesperson for the Kiingitanga, the Maori King Movement.
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New Zealand’s Māori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne. He was the seventh monarch in the Kiingitanga movement, holding a position created in 1858 to unite New Zealand’s Indigenous Māori tribes during British colonisation.
Tuheitia died in hospital after heart surgery, said Rahui Papa, a spokesperson for the Kiingitanga, the Māori King Movement. The movement’s primary goals were to end the sale of land to non-Indigenous people, stop inter-tribal warfare, and preserve Māori culture.
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