There are a million ways to die in New Zealand, but only a handful of options to deal with the dead.
As cemeteries reach capacity, today a greener style of burial is being touted as the way of the future.
On Tuesday, Te Papa Marae's workshop held a class where traditional weaving techniques were used to create a burial urn.
The urn would then have people's remains placed inside. This would be buried and a young tree planted over the top.
However, it could take a while to appear in New Zealand. Burial on private property is banned if you live within 31km of a cemetery - despite our cemeteries filling up.
Would we be better off replacing tombstones with trees?
Speaking to Three's The Project, Te Herekiekie Herewini from Te Papa Museum says its "good for Māori or New Zealanders to think about the options available".
However he questions what would happen if families aren't always be available to look after the trees - or if dry weather strikes as a "fire may burn down the forest".
The Project host Josh Thomson also had a concern - "the tree roots would then push up the remains and then you'd kinda like pop out, like five years later!"
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