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Story: Tangihanga – death customs

Rituals of encounter: hongi

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Rituals of encounter: hongi

This group line up to hongi one another during a tangi. The deceased is in the tent.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, J. R. Wall Collection

Reference: 1/2-017648; F

by John Reginald Wall

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Rawinia Higgins, Tangihanga – death customs – Tangihanga in modern times, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28797/rituals-of-encounter-hongi (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins, published 3 May 2011.