Twenty-seven-year-old Nga Wai hono i te po was Thursday anointed as the new monarch by Maori chiefs ... raised in a ceremony known as Te Whakawahinga, in front of thousands of people gathered ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A new Maori Queen was anointed ... “The new monarch was raised up in a ceremony known as Te Whakawahinga, in front of thousands of people gathered for the tangihanga ...

has been given a final farewell in Kyiv. Source: DIU Details: Dominic, 28, was a citizen of New Zealand and a representative ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The Women’s World Cup opened Thursday with an elaborate greeting from the Maori people ... the roughly 10-minute ceremony focused on groups of people meeting peacefully ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - The Women’s World Cup opened Thursday with an elaborate greeting from the Maori people ... the roughly 10-minute ceremony focused on groups of people meeting peacefully ...

Maori protesters heckled senior members ... Frustrations boiled over at an official welcome ceremony by the local iwi, or tribe, to the Waitangi Treaty grounds -- the northern settlement that ...

The 550 pendants given to the athletes and their support teams were hand-crafted over the course of a year by the Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Maori tribe and ... groups during a ceremony for athletes ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The Women’s World Cup opened Thursday with an elaborate greeting from the Maori people ... the roughly 10-minute ceremony focused on groups of people meeting peacefully ...