Funeral directors say soaring council burial costs leave low-income families struggling to pay
“An extreme exception is Tauranga City Council, who have increased burial costs by 50% and ash burial by…
Whakatāne councillors challenge grave backfill burial fee over cultural concerns
The fee would also contribute to the replacement cost of materials such as grave mats damaged by self-backfilling,…
Environment Court weighs clash between BOP burial site claims and coastal development
While a 56‑acre (22.6ha) lot at Piripai was vested to Ngāti Awa trustees in 1878 as a native…
Whakatāne housing project faces Environment Court fight over Ōpihi urupa
The group says the ancient urupa is much larger than the fenced-off area adjacent to the development site…