A tangi has begun at a marae near Hastings for a six-year-old girl who was killed by a falling branch while playing in a tree in suburban Flaxmere on Tuesday.
Iriaka Te Rangi Maria Kawana was pinned beneath a 10cm thick outer branch of a low-slung 30cm-thick arm of the tree which snapped near where it joined the trunk.
The tree was a 35-year-old bluegum.
A tangi has begun at Korongata Marae, Bridge Pa, where Iriaka's funeral service will be held on Saturday morning.
Iriaka was one of several children playing on the tree.
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Tangi held for girl killed by falling tree branch
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