Prince William meets Maori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, elected in 2024

Prince William has met the Māori Queen. This is a ceremonial title created in the nineteenth century to unite the Māori tribes.

In September 2024, after the death of King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, a council of 12 elders chose his youngest daughter, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, as the new queen. She became the second woman to hold the post in the history of the movement (since there is, in fact, no Māori monarchy to speak of), after her grandmother, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, who held it from 1996 to 2006.

On the queen's face is a traditional moko tattoo, which she had done at 19 as a gift to her father.