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Volume 27, 2022 - Issue 4: Pandemics; Guest Editors: Sara Knox and Julie Rugg
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Original Articles

‘The most difficult time of my life’ or ‘COVID’s gift to me’? Differential experiences of COVID-19 funerary restrictions in Aotearoa New Zealand

Nicholas J. Longa Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Laumua Tunufa’ib School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-0768
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Pounamu Jade Aikmanc Independent scholar, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
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Nayantara Sheoran Appletond Centre for Science in Society, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6990-7004
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Sharyn Graham Daviesb School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand;e School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-4051
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Antje Deckertb School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0794-9334
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Edmond Fehokof School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies, University of Auckland, Auckland, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1809-5856
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Eleanor Holroydg School of Clinical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-8823
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Naseem Jivraja Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-790X
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Megan Lawsa Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-4279
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Nelly Martin-Anatiasb School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7946-1173
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Reegan Pukepukeb School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
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Michael Roguskih Kaitiaki Research and Evaluation, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0023-4627
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Nikita Simpsona Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-3266
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Rogena Sterlingi University of Waikato, Hamilton, Aotearoa New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5949-387XView further author information
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Pages 476-492 | Published online: 14 Mar 2022

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