An accomplished haka dancer has been anointed the next Maori leader over her elder brothers in an emotional coronation attended by thousands.

Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki, 27, the only daughter of the late Maori King, holds a degree in Maori customs, was raised in Maori immersion schools and has been hailed by community chiefs as the “new dawn” of a younger generation of leaders emerging at a critical time for indigenous rights.

She is only the second queen in the royal tradition of the Kiingitanga movement, which dates back to the 1850s.

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