Schedule for Maori Queen's tangi

Monday's road closures and detours. Herald graphic

Wednesday, August 16
- Church service at Turangawaewae Marae, Waikato
- Marae opened to Tainui mourners

Thursday, August 17
- Iwis and dignitiaries, including former prime ministers, pay their respects

Friday, August 18
- Public able to pay their respects at the marae throughout weekend
Parking at Patterson Park, Ngaruawahia rugby league club

Monday, August 21
7am: Flag-raising ceremony (Kingitanga flag, Paki o Matariki Paimarire).

7.30am: Breakfast.

8.30-8.45am: Karakia (church prayer).

8.45-9.30am: Whakawaahia (crowning ceremony of new monarch).

10.30am: Start of funeral procession.

Coffin will go from Mahinaarangi meeting house to River Rd and into a hearse.

The hearse will transport the Queen's body from River Rd, along Regent St, to Te Unga Waka Drive.

Coffin will be lifted on to the lead waka, Tumanako, which will be flanked by Taheretikitiki and Rangatahi for the Queen's final journey down the Waikato River, followed by support boats.

Once disembarked at Taupiri, the Queen will be carried shoulder high to the gateway of the cemetery.

She will be transferred up the mountain by pall bearers with the help of a rope system. On the ropes will be members of the Turangawaewae and Taniwharau rugby league teams, plus members of Ngati Hauaa.

More prayers, final farewells, burial.

* Monday's events could be delayed if a new king or queen is not chosen

Road closures and detours

Motorists driving south from Auckland on Monday will be told of the detours by message boards along the Southern Motorway.

Traffic will be diverted on to SH2 at the Bombay Hills then to SH27 across the Hauraki Plains.

A further detour for southbound traffic will be on the Ohinewai-Tahuna interchange on the Waikato expressway. The only vehicles allowed past this point will be local traffic.

Traffic heading north will be diverted at Tirau -- 55km southwest of Hamilton -- on to SH27.

At Ngaruawahia, north-bound traffic will be diverted on to Hakarimata Rd, via Waingaro Rd.

Traffic on SH1B (Taupiri-Gordonton Rd) will be diverted on to Lake Rd and Horotiu Bridge Rd to connect on to SH1.