The Casketeers (2018)
Francis and Kaiora Tipene are the passionate proprietors of Tipene Funerals. This is a unique opportunity to look behind the scenes of their business and into this little-explored but vital service, where our culture's last taboo is being addressed with dignity and aroha.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Tears of the people, like rain from the heavens
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1x2
Although it is small, it is precious
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1x3
People pass away, but the land remains forever
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1x4
My young tōtara has been broken
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1x5
Farewell oh son, the morning tide is yours, the evening tide is mine
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1x6
Be it small, it is an act of generosity
Episodes season 2
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2x1
Return to your ancestral mountains to be cleansed by the winds of tāwhirimātea
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2x2
My prized albatross plume is drenched by the mists of sorrow
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2x3
The tip of the moon has broken away
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2x4
My love for you will never wane
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2x5
A child's love for their father is beyond compare
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2x6
A great mountain can be ascended, but not a great man
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2x7
What is the most important thing in the world? it is people, it is people, it is people
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2x8
As one frond dies, another frond rises to take its place
Episodes season 3
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3x1
Courage has many resting places
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3x2
Words can't express how much i love you
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3x3
Farewell to you, i shall return home
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3x4
A white heron of a single flight
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3x5
A person of great endurance
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3x6
Every star has its own luminance
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3x7
People are precious
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3x8
Man is not like the weathered branch of the tītoki, he lives on through his descendents
Episodes season 4
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4x1
The sun shines as i shed a tear
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4x2
Sleep the never ending sleep
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4x3
This is the day that tears are shed
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4x4
A constant love, a never ending love
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4x5
A human bond can never be severed
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4x6
Love surrounds us
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4x7
In life, in death, your family is everything
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4x8
Like the mighty maire in the forest
Episodes season 5
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5x1
The sun shines as i shed a tear
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5x2
Connections between people cannot be severed whereas those of a canoe-rope can
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5x3
Gloom and sorrow prevail, day and night
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5x4
Let us nurture our sister and she will mourn for us
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5x5
Love received demands love returned
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5x6
The cycle is complete
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5x7
When the fern frond dies, another rises in its place
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5x8
When a shoal of maomao passes seaward of nukutaurua, they will never return
Episodes season 6
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6x1
If a reed stands by itself it may break, but if in a group, it will be unbreakable
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6x2
You shall be mourned by those you leave behind
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6x3
A full cycle is completed
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6x4
Let us stay close together, not far apart
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6x5
When the fern frond dies, another grows to take its place
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6x6
Let us mourn their passing, for it is permanent. not like that of the moon, set to rise again
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6x7
Connections between people cannot be severed, whereas those of a canoe-rope can
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6x8
Hold fast to your beliefs, look toward the horizons of the sea
