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  • Life as a Casketeer

  • What the Business of Death Can Teach the Living
  • By: Francis Tipene, Kaiora Tipene
  • Narrated by: Ben Baker
  • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)

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Life as a Casketeer

By: Francis Tipene, Kaiora Tipene
Narrated by: Ben Baker
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Publisher's Summary

Stars of the hit television series The Casketeers, as seen on Netflix

Francis and Kaiora Tipene aren't your typical funeral directors. With their famous humor and big-hearted personalities, the TVNZ and Netflix reality TV stars are changing the way we think about death and grief. 

Life as a Casketeer reveals how Francis and Kaiora grew up in families that had few possessions, but were rich with love and tikanga, and how they came to work in their often misunderstood profession. It's also a book about the Maori worldview and traditional funeral customs. The Tipenes make death feel less mysterious and life feel more precious.

But most of all, Life as a Casketeer is a love story—for whanau, for culture, and for each other. It is full of joy and sorrow, tears and laughter.

©2020 Francis Tipene and Kaiora Tipene (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers

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Funny, Honest and a all round fantastic book

Loved it.. have listened to it 4 times now, keep listening while im doing my afternoon walk...
There such a fantastic funny couple and have an amazing buisiness..
DEFINITELY Recommend this book to people...
Love the Maori Tikanga they keep within themsleves and there mahi....

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