In response to the pandemic, the ways in which tangihanga (Māori funeral practices) were carried out changed. Bodies were immediately taken to the urupā (burial ground) without the customary extended ...

Hawkes Bay theatremaker Kristyl Neho (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu) grew up with more death around her than most people.

They joined the thousands who had already arrived for the tangihanga of the Māori King, Tuheitia Paki (crowned Te Arikinui Kiingi Tuheitia), who died at the age of 69 last week. The first ...

She was 49 years old. After a full police service and guard of honour at Haven Falls Poutama Tangihanga Funeral Home in Whangārei on Monday morning, whānau members took her to the family home at ...