WAKA with Queen Te Atas body floats down the Waikato
Monday August 21 2006 Funeral of Dame Te Atairangikaahu 1931 2006 Dame Te Ata The Maori Queen The funeral ceremony commence at the Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia with the Queens body going down the Waikato River on board the Waka Maori for war canoe Tumanaka to Taupiri the sacred mountain where she was buried at its highest point
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