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Weekly News photo Solemn moments during the raising-up ceremony while Ariki Tapairu Piki sits in the carved throne first used during the crowning of the third Maori King, Mahuta. Matuakore Whauwhau and Winara Hamiora of Ngati Haua stand beside the casket. Henare Tuwhainga, an elder of Waikato, recites an ancient karakia. A Queen is raised … The Bible used when Potatau was made the first Maori King is placed on the new Queen's head by Te Waharoa Tarapipipi, a direct descendant of Wiremu Tamehana, the King Maker. N.Z. Herald photo The Revd Canon Wi Te Hau Huata and Revd Pura Panapa moved forward, while a choir sang ‘Ka mahue Ihipa’, and with a blessing given Kuini Te Ata-i-Rangikaahu by Canon Huata, the simple ceremony came to an end.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TAH196609.2.24

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Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 30

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127

A Queen is raised … Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 30

A Queen is raised … Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 30

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