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Kōrero: Tangihanga – death customs

He toma, he whakamaumaharatanga

  • Mausoleum of Waitohi, the sister of Te Rauparaha, Mana Island

  • Carved monument for three children, Te Awaiti, Cloudy Bay

  • Waka maumahara at an island pā, Tory Channel

  • Waka maumahara, Te Awaiti, Cloudy Bay

  • Pou whakairo (carved figure) at a pā near Lake Rotoaira with an elevated whata for holding the bones of a dead child

He mea tā ēnei toma, me ēnei tohu whakamaumahara e George French Angas, arā ko te whare moengaroa o Waitohi (1), te tuahine o Te Rauparaha ki te moutere o Mana; ko te waka maumahara (3) ki tētahi moutere ki Kurateau, ka mutu he mea whao mai i tētahi waka tonu; ko te pou whakairo (5) i tētahi pā i Rotoaira. Kei runga ake ko tētahi whata e rewa ana mō te pupuri i ngā kōiwi o te tamaiti. Arā anō te waka maumahara (4) i Te Awaiti, ka mutu i reira anō te tohu whakairo mō ngā tamariki tokotoru (2).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0014-50

by George French Angas

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/interactive/28788/he-toma-he-whakamaumaharatanga (accessed 4 June 2026).

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