New Zealand super-size coffins

New Zealand funeral directors have had to increase the size of their standard coffins because of the population’s expanding waistlines.

New Zealand super-size coffins

New Zealand funeral directors have had to increase the size of their standard coffins because of the population’s expanding waistlines.

According to the country’s health minister, one in four New Zealanders is obese so now the average coffin size is 23in at the shoulder, up from 19in, while double burial plots are being sold.

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