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New Zealand indigenous Maori queen dies

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Updated: 2006-08-23 10:18

Maori warriors with moko (facial tattoos), one blowing a conch shell, wait for the coffin of Maori Queen Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu at Taupiri Mountain near Hamilton, New Zealand, Monday, Aug. 21. Along the route, thousands gathered to bid farewell to the late Queen, as traditional farewell calls and haka (Maori war dances) rang out.[AP]