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Burial service, Taupiri, 2011

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Burial service, Taupiri, 2011

A long line of mourners follows the pallbearers as they carry the coffin of Whatumoana Paki, father of the reigning Māori King, to its resting place on Taupiri Mountain, near Huntly. Every Māori monarch has been buried on the summit of this sacred urupā (cemetery). 

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Mark Derby, Māori manners and social behaviour – Ngā mahi tika – Tangi, birth and modern-day custom, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41187/burial-service-taupiri-2011 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 21 March 2013.