Te ata hou — the new dawn

And why a blurry video frame makes me happy

I don’t think there’s an English word that can capture the wairua of the Koroneihana at Ngāruawahia this week.

There she was, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, emerging from her year-long period of mourning following the death of her father Kīngi Tuheitia, with poise, strength and mana. So very regal, Aotearoa’s new Queen.