Finally a chance to achieve the objective for Māoridom intended in 1858

Opinion: The sudden death of Kiingi Tūheitia last week has sparked an outpouring of sadness and sympathy to be expected on such an occasion. There have been many positive tributes to this quiet and apparently self-effacing man for his service, accompanied by all the traditional pomp and pageantry.
Yet when he became Kiingi in 2006, expectations of how he might perform were at best mixed. Though he was the eldest son of the late Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, he had not been assumed to be her automatic successor and was little-known to the public. Moreover, after Dame Te Ata’s 40-year reign, there was understandable apprehension of what might be under a new monarch.