Thank you for joining us for live updates of Kīngi Tūheitia's tangi and the anointment of the new Māori Queen, Ngā Wai hono i te pō.

Ka kite anō.

Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII has now been laid to rest on Taupiri Maunga. 

He rests alongside previous Māori monarchs, after a poignant tangi that saw the monarch journey down his beloved Waikato River on a waka crafted for him, then carried up the maunga to the chants of hundreds that gathered to mourn him.

As Kīngitanga chief of staff Ngira Simmonds said, today’s funeral represents the “last moment when Kīngi Tūheitia the person becomes Kīngi Tūheitia the ancestor”.

His youngest child, Ngā Wai hono i te pō, has been anointed the new leader of the Kīngitanga, to continued the legacy of her ancestors.

Thank you for following our live updates of this ceremony. Ka kite.

Kuini Ngā Wai hono i te pō leaving the waka at Taupiri.

Kīngi Tūheitia's casket at the top of the maunga, where he will be laid to rest.