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Kōrero: Tangihanga – death customs

He tangi mō tētahi wahine

Tangi over a woman

Nā Horatio Robley tēnei whakaahua i tā i te tau 1865, e whakaatu ana i te whānau pani e mapu ana i te tūpāpaku o tētahi wahine e takoto ana i te mahau o tana whare.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 1992-0035-746

by Horatio Gordon Robley

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawinia Higgins, Tangihanga – death customs – Understanding tangihanga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/28772/he-tangi-mo-tetahi-wahine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 3 May 2011.