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New Zealand indigenous Maori queen dies
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Updated: 2006-08-23 10:18
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The waka (canoe), crewed by bare chested Maori warriors, bearing the coffin of Maori Queen Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, is paddled down the Waikato River between Ngaruawahia and Taupiri Mountain, in Hamilton, New Zealand, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006. Along the route, thousands gathered to bid farewell to the late Queen, as conch shells sounded, and traditional farewell calls and haka (Maori war dances) rang out from the banks. [AP]