{"id":311391,"date":"2026-03-03T19:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/311391\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:30:05","slug":"the-modern-conundrum-of-scattering-human-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/311391\/","title":{"rendered":"The modern conundrum of scattering human ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are very few restrictions at a national level when it comes to scattering ashes, says Malcolm. However, councils often have much tighter bylaws. Auckland Council, for example, lists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz\/en\/cemeteries\/cremation\/scattering-of-ashes.html\" class=\"visited:text-foreground-secondary visited:decoration-stroke-link underline-brand-hover hover:visited:text-foreground-primary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">numerous prohibited areas,<\/a> including volcanic cones and food-gathering areas sacred to M\u0101ori. All of Auckland\u2019s regional parks, including the city\u2019s botanic gardens, sports fields, waterways and beaches, are off limits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are very few restrictions at a national level when it comes to scattering ashes, says Malcolm. However,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-311391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}