Death and Funeral Practices in Aotearoa New Zealand

by Jessica Thompson, Ruth McManus, Denise Blake

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on the landscape and features of Aotearoa New Zealand that underpin its familiar, though country specific, ways of caring for the dead. It provides an account of diverse funerary practices that have taken shape through the various cultures that have settled here.

In the backdrop of the colonising history of Aotearoa New Zealand, the book examines the complex legislative framework that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367752921
• ISBN13: 9780367752927
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.