Māori queen Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki crowned in ‘new dawn’ for New Zealand

This will be interesting. Her father had taken a more prominent role in politics since the election of a conservative government last year.

She is part of a new generation of young Māori who are fully bicultural and are a genuine powerhouse in our society. This can only be for the good if New Zealand is going to be a modem, open and accepting society, as many of us wish for.