WELLINGTON: Britain’s Prince Charles received a rousing salute from an armada of war canoes when he visited the Maori King Tuheitia in New Zealand’s central North Island on Sunday.
Charles wore a kiwi feather cloak as five ornately carved war canoes, or waka, paraded past on the Waikato River, each carrying about 30 tattooed warriors who raised their paddles in salute, singing Maori chants as they went by.
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