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Story: Tangihanga – death customs

Tangi over a woman

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Tangi over a woman

This watercolour by Horatio Robley was painted in 1865. It shows a group mourning over the tūpāpaku (body) of a woman who lies in the porch of a whare.

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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.

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How to cite this page

Rawinia Higgins, Tangihanga – death customs – Understanding tangihanga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/28772/tangi-over-a-woman (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins, published 3 May 2011.