“Māori do grieving and supporting whānau and death better than any other culture that I know. But we don’t, as whānau, engage in the planning side of things to make the rest of it easier.” — Julie Herewini, author of ‘He Aroha Te Aroha’.
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“Many Māori homes have a ‘dead wall’. A place for photographs of beloveds who have passed on. No one living should be seen up there. On our wall, there’s a small, framed picture of a smiling Māori woman holding up a tāniko panel.” — Tainui Stephens.
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“Living while dying, grieving while anticipating, good days and appalling days, happiness and despair, all co-exist quite comfortably within te ao Māori.” — Jacquie Kidd, on how whakapapa has guided her since she was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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“We live in a Māori culture where bravery is often called for. A people embattled by historical and current oppressions has a need to be brave.” — Tainui Stephens.
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“I was a whāngai kid — a pretty common practice used by Māori families to make sure their children are brought up okay.” — Francis Tipene, in an extract from ‘Life as a Casketeer’.
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“Today, for my first Mother’s Day without my mum, I find myself somewhere between celebrating and commemorating.” — Dahlia Malaeulu.
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“When this pandemic started to inch closer around us here in New Zealand, we all began worrying for Che.” — Becky Manawatu, on losing her cousin Che Warren, “one of New Zealand’s most vulnerable”, during the lockdown.
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“Back then, in 1992 or 1993, we didn’t know how much we might need to see these moments again. No one took a picture.” — Becky Manawatu.
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“She came home to die. But not straight away. She still had things she wanted to do.”
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