Story: Tangihanga – death customs

Rituals of encounter: whaikōrero (2nd of 3)

Rituals of encounter: whaikōrero

This koroua (elder) carries his tokotoko (stick) and delivers his whaikōrero (speech). He is supported by women who wear pare kawakawa (leaves) in their hair and carry or wear branches of greenery.

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Rawinia Higgins, 'Tangihanga – death customs - Tangihanga in modern times', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/28795/rituals-of-encounter-whaikorero (accessed 29 April 2024)

Story by Rawinia Higgins, published 5 May 2011