The father of a teenager who died after an incident at a Newcastle swimming pool in October will be able to have his son cremated in Sydney, despite the mother wanting to bury him in New Zealand.
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Lawyers for Te Rina Abraham and Steven Henry, who split soon after the birth of Pono in 2000, had argued in the NSW Supreme Court for his body to be released to their client rather than the other parent.
In a decision he described as "most difficult" and involving Maori cultural issues, Justice Stephen Rothman ruled in favour of the father who wanted a funeral then a cremation, with half the ashes going to the mother.
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