Thanks for the "cost of dying" deep dive - we don't like to think of things like this, but it is a big shock to whanau if they haven't had to deal with a death in the family before, or for some time when costs were more modest, but it is part of the "death & taxes" basket i.e. as sure as death comes for all, so does the "what to do with the body" question. In my parents' day they bought a funeral insurance policy - not sure whether that would help a lot now, and we have yet to find out for a surviving parent.
Thanks also for raising the Customary Marine TItle roll back being introduced - it is hard to believe how blatant this coalition govt is about their anti-Maori & down right racist policies are.... from big items like Health & Education, right down to petty things like this, & whether Maori names should go first or 2nd, & whether Karakia should be used in govt agencies (incidentally, I have taken as leader, & participated in, Karakia many times in a work place or volunteer project & in NONE of those times was it a religious "prayer" but a joint resolution to uphold the mana of the work & the community) - these are all just flexing POWER for power's sake, and not about anything else.
Thanks Stewart another meaty read. The Maori land map was especially interesting and damning.
Thanks for reading, Dylan! – SSL
Thanks for the "cost of dying" deep dive - we don't like to think of things like this, but it is a big shock to whanau if they haven't had to deal with a death in the family before, or for some time when costs were more modest, but it is part of the "death & taxes" basket i.e. as sure as death comes for all, so does the "what to do with the body" question. In my parents' day they bought a funeral insurance policy - not sure whether that would help a lot now, and we have yet to find out for a surviving parent.
Thanks also for raising the Customary Marine TItle roll back being introduced - it is hard to believe how blatant this coalition govt is about their anti-Maori & down right racist policies are.... from big items like Health & Education, right down to petty things like this, & whether Maori names should go first or 2nd, & whether Karakia should be used in govt agencies (incidentally, I have taken as leader, & participated in, Karakia many times in a work place or volunteer project & in NONE of those times was it a religious "prayer" but a joint resolution to uphold the mana of the work & the community) - these are all just flexing POWER for power's sake, and not about anything else.