The election of the eighth Māori monarch took place from 3 to 5 September 2024, following the death of King Tūheitia. The Tekau-mā-rua (Tūheitia's privy council) convened a meeting of tribal leaders from throughout New Zealand to choose his successor by consensus. They chose Nga wai hono i te po, Tūheitia's youngest child and only daughter. As is custom, she was revealed as the next monarch on the last morning of her father's tangi at Tūrangawaewae marae in Ngāruawāhia and then crowned, making her the youngest reigning monarch in the world.
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