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The burial of James Takamore is bicultural family conflict and legal precedent in New Zealand, reflecting the tension between tikanga Māori and English-based common law. James Takamore was born into the Whakatohea and Tūhoe iwi〔http://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/cases/takamore-v-clarke/at_download/fileDecision〕 in the Bay of Plenty but lived as a Pākehā in a relationship with a Pākehā in Christchurch, returning to the North Island only twice in 20 years and expressing to third parties his non-identification as Māori. A dispute arose whether he should be buried in Christchurch, as his wife intended or the traditional urupa (burial ground) of his family. ==Dispute over burial== After his sudden death of an aneurysm, a dispute arose as to where he should be buried. Ngāi Tūhoe custom requires individuals bodies are returned to family urupa (burial site). Takamore had expressed a wish to be buried in Christchurch. His partner and executor of his will, Denise Clarke, also wished him to be buried in Christchurch. The Takamore whānau travelled south to Christchurch for the tangihanga which was to be held at Te Whare Roimata marae in Christchurch. Prior to the tangi, there was a confrontation at the funeral parlour, in which the Takamore whānau expressed a wish to return Takamore to his ancestral home; after the confrontation grew heated Clarke left. The Takamore whānau took the body north to the family urupa at Kutarere, in eastern Bay of Plenty. Clarke obtained a court order barring burial, but police arriving to enforce the court order found the burial already in progress and did not enforce it. Rationale given for burying in the urupa included: :''()is () cord is here, we can't stretch it to the South Island.'' :Ms Clarke should have fought harder to keep her partner in Christchurch and not left the marae when conversation between the two sides became heated. ''If she wanted her husband to stay there, she should have stayed there, irrespective of what happened.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burial of James Takamore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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