![]() ![]() It's definitely a friendship, but one of respect. "From there our relationship has evolved. The pair have kept in touch over the past four years and struck up a close relationship, he said. ![]() Their paths didn't cross again until Mr Miller provided a train for kaumatua and kuia to travel from Ngaruawahia to Taupiri Mountain for the burial of the king's mother, Dame Te Ata, in 2006. Mr Miller said he met Tuheitia 20 years ago when he was a storeman and Tuheitia was driving trucks. Mr Miller will have full voting rights on the executive board, which also has of 10 tribally elected members. The tribe has assets worth about $500 million. Her husband, the king's uncle Sir Bob Mahuta, was the representative for the late queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu. ![]() Mr Miller fills the kaahui ariki position left vacant when Lady Raiha Mahuta died this year. He said he hoped to prove his value to the movement's followers. Gregory Miller, 45, is the group general manager of freight company Toll New Zealand. King Tuheitia has appointed a tribal outsider to represent him on Tainui's executive board - a move which has been criticised because of the appointee's relatively recent connection to the Kingitanga. King Tuheitia met Gregory Miller two decades ago. ![]()
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