Repatriations (2016/02)
...death, or there is doubt about the accuracy of any conclusion reached by an overseas authority; and the body of the dead person is in New Zealand. This Practice Note concerns the repatriation of bodies to New Zealand but this does not include cremated human remains or bodies repatriated from French Polynesia for cremation because there are no facilities in the remitting country and the ashes are to be promptly returned. 4. Conduct of repatriation of bodies [1] If a death is or is likely to be...