Funeral of the Maori king Tuheitia

Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero was laid to rest in New Zealand on 5 September 2024 amid the sympathy of tens of thousands of mourners. After the body had been laid out for several days, it was taken in a procession of canoes along the Waikato River to its final resting place on the sacred Taupiri Mountain about 100 kilometres south of the city of Auckland on New Zealand's North Island. Before the funeral, his youngest daughter Nga Wai Hono i te Po had been chosen by tribal leaders as his successor.