Important day today: Kiingi Tuheitia to be laid to rest, new Māori monarch welcomed:

Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died on Friday, aged 69 …

Tainui have been hosting mourners and dignitaries from throughout the motu and further afield … at the tangihanga at Tuurangawaewae Marae.

… at 10am the Tekau-maa-rua (the Kiingitanga advisory council) will usher the new Māori monarch to the throne.

The ceremony will be followed by the funeral service for Kiingi Tuheitia.