Burial disputes, personal representatives and Maori customary law
Penny Pepperell for NBR Capital Letter Wed, 16 Jan 2013
Loose media descriptions of a burial dispute as the Takamore ‘body snatching’ case ensured that it arrived at the Supreme Court with some expectation of a stoush over recognition in New Zealand of traditional burial customs of Maori.
This did not happen, but divisions in the court on the role of