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What is a tangi?

What is a tangi? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Synonym of tangihanga
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Kaore te Aroha is the tangi of a father for his daughter, who drowned swimming across from Mokoia island to meet the first minister at Ohinemutu.
He has suggested that he would hire a Pakeha over a Maori of equal merit because, he said, Maori could claim unlimited tangi leave.
But he was sparked into action by the stress put on families staging tangi at their homes because there was no other suitable facility.
In another image, showing the tangi for the singer, a wave of grief seems to have washed over those present.
His family had gone to a tangi there, and on a Sunday, the British troops had attacked.
Telling the New Zealand public that Maori have unlimited tangi leave is a canard.

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