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Kōrero: Tangihanga – death customs

Haehae

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Haehae

Nā Horatio Robley tēnei whakaahua i tā i te tau 1864 e whakaatu ana i ngā wāhine o Ngāi Te Rangi e tangi ana i te taiaha (kua hē nei te tā) o tētahi toa i patua i te pakanga. Nā ana haumi i whakahoki te rākau, tērā pea kīhai i taea te whakahoki mai i tana tinana. Kua haehae ngā wāhine i o rātou ringa, a, kua maringi te toto ki runga i te rākau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-080-015

by Horatio Gordon Robley

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawinia Higgins, Tangihanga – death customs – The tangihanga process, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/28786/haehae (accessed 26 June 2026).

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