Every Tuesday, we find an expert to answer our curious questions about the world and how it works.
And tonight: how do you write an obituary, who are they for, and how far in advance are they prepared?
Jeremy Rees is the executive editor of specialist news at RNZ and a former editor of the Weekend Herald, NZ Herald website, and the Herald's head of news.
He joins Emile Donovan to talk about the craft of writing about the recently deceased.
A photograph of Queen Elizabeth II to mark her Platinum Jubilee, released by Buckingham Palace on the eve of her funeral. Photo: Supplied
