New Zealand's Maori chiefs anoint a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch, a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the country's Indigenous community. Nga Wai hono i te po Paki is the youngest daughter of King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, who died on August 30 after heart surgery.
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00:00We're extremely happy that Ngā Waihono-i-te-Pō is our new Queen.
00:29She's the best person for the position and you'll see across everybody's faces here we all agree.
01:00What he's done to unite this many people across Aotearoa who don't see eye to eye often
01:08is probably a really good sign of the legacy that he's left here.
01:11Everything is done through manaakitanga, through respect, through aroha, through love.