Takamore's body to be exhumed

The lawyer representing  family members who took the body of James Takamore from his wife and children in Christchurch says the whanau has accepted the Supreme Court's ruling to allow his partner to exhume his body.

The decision by the  Supreme Court  last year decided, after a five-year legal battle, that Mr Takamore's wife Denise Clarke can bury him where she chooses.

James Takamore's body was taken by his Tuhoe family following his death in 2007, and was buried in a whanau cemetery in Kutarere in the Bay of Plenty.

Lawyer for the Takamore family, Moana Tuwhare, says immediate and extended whanau have started talks about how the disinterment process should take place.

She says they want to make sure Ms Clarke knows proper protocol around exhuming the body, and have commenced talks with a Maori cultural expert in tikanga.

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