Photo: RNZ/Calvin Samuel
More than 300 leaders representing nations throughout the Pacific have paid tribute to Kiingi Tuuheitia at Koroneihana celebrations hosted at Tuurangawaewae Marae.
King Tupou VI sat alongside Kiingi Tuuheitia as members of the delegation shared words of support celebrating the 18th anniversary of the Koroneihana of Kiingi Tuuheitia.
The Pacific Leadership Forum, a union of sovereign Pacific organisations and leaders in New Zealand, led the contingent connecting Pacific nations and Te Ao Māori.
RNZ Pacific's Grace Fiavaai was there.
