Ms Nga Wai, 27, is only the second Maori queen after her grandmother Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. She was chosen as ...

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old as their new monarch on Thursday, a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of ...

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch today, a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for ...

Taiuru said it was a "privilege" to witness a young Maori woman become queen ... New Zealand's tribes under a single sovereign in the face of British colonisation. The Maori monarch is a mostly ...

New Zealand's Maori currently make up about 17 percent of the population, or about 900,000 people. Women carried wreaths ... Many were marked with facial tattoos -- an indelible statement of ...

“She’ll be the face of renewal. Given the extent of ... referring to a traditional Maori chin tattoo. “She is leading us into uncharted and turbulent waters, and she will do it with aplomb.” ...

New Zealand's Maori currently make up about 17 percent of the population, or about 900,000 people. Women carried wreaths ... Many were marked with facial tattoos -- an indelible statement of ...