Sir Peter Buck, from a photograph taken during his last visit to New Zealand, in 1949. Symbolic carvings on Te Rangihiroa's bier had prominently among them the tuatara (lizard), the almost universal symbol of death. Here the casket has a background Te Ika a Maui, the meeting house at Manukorihi Pa, Waitara. (PHOTOGRAPH—J. ASHTON) Te Rangihiroa: His-Burial Marks the End of an Epoch A fitting memorial. The giant bow of a Polynesian canoe rise over the last resting place of Te Rangihiroa.