Harakeke casket, otherwise called a waka kawe or waka tupapaku, is a new offering whānau can chose to have their loved ones buried in.
Simplicity Bereavement Services in Hastings is able to offer the waka kawe for whānau who want a more environmentally friendly option.
"There was a high demand for these harakeke caskets, and a lot of whānau wanting to go natural and go back to their roots and they don't want big expensive caskets," says Sandra Morris funeral director at Simplicity.
"With the harakeke the idea is to keep out anything that isn't natural because that then defeats the purpose of using the harakeke.
"It adds the element of our culture back into a Westernised services because everything we do is a colonised tradition so it's being able to bring that back into tangihanga.
"Because of the resurgence in Māoridom that we're seeing through people learning te reo Māori we wanted to be able to cater to this need."