Kiingi Tuheitia’s death leaves a massive void at a critical momentThe Spinoff Daily, Friday August 30
Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: Tributes flow for Kiingi Tūheitia, why Shortland Street’s first fat storyline is such a big deal and a brief history of New Zealand’s weirdest mystery food dumps.
“It seems somewhat fitting that a thunderstorm rolled across Aotearoa yesterday, as Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII lay in Waikato Hospital, surrounded by family. The winds of Tāwhirimātea howled across the Tasman when, in the small hours of this morning, notice came that sent shockwaves across the motu. Te Tari o te Kiingitanga said the monarch died in hospital overnight, having recently undergone heart surgery. He was surrounded by his whānau with his wife, Makau Ariki, by his side. He was 69 and is survived by three children. But the timing, in this of all years, seems a particularly heavy blow. In his 18th year on the throne, Kiingi Tuheitia was at the vanguard of Māori reaction to the government’s policies around Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Only a week ago, in his annual koroneihana speech, he spoke of the need for kotahitanga.”
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Kiingi Tuheitia’s death leaves a massive void at a critical moment
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