Kioreroa Cemetery, The Story of Whangarei's Early Cemetery, 1878 - 2005
Researched, written, and produced by M. T. Rusk, 2006. This story has close similarity with that of Makaraka Cemetery, which is described...
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grasshopper16
Aug 11, 20221 min
Commentary on care of Makaraka Cemetery - an ongoing concern from the early days.
A Gisborne Herald photo from 1970 shows weed invasion around the boundary of the Cemetery. Many graves were covered by blackberry and...
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grasshopper16
Mar 19, 20221 min
Margaret Sievwright's birthday - March 19th
A walk around Makaraka Cemetery to celebrate Margaret's birthday, International Women's Day (on March 8), and Women's History Month....
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grasshopper16
Mar 14, 20221 min
Haisman grave - refurbished
Restored grave - respect shown for Thomas and Vivie Haisman
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Compiled by Gillian Ward
Feb 28, 20221 min
Historical Significance of Makaraka Cemetery
In 2018 Sheridan Gundry wrote an application to the Lotteries Environment and Heritage Fund requesting funding to reinstate the recovered...
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grasshopper16
Dec 1, 20211 min
Unveilings of recovered headstones, November 28th 2021
From Dot McCulloch, "This was a large number of unveilings. Families and friends gathered and Charlie Pera and Moerehu Pewhairangi...
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grasshopper16
Jul 15, 20211 min
Elizabeth (Bessie) Vandy has been honoured with a new headstone at Makaraka Cemetery
The Smith family siblings - Irene, Moira, Malcolm, Kirk, and Susie honoured the life of their great great grandmother, Elizabeth (Bessie)...
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grasshopper16
Jun 16, 20211 min
Historic Places Tairawhiti Cemetery Tour
On June 13th, 2021, HPT led a tour through Makaraka Cemetery for people to learn about Gisborne's development through the stories of some...
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grasshopper16
Jun 1, 20211 min
Barker Monument now secure!
Was it the 2007 earthquake which twisted the top block of the Barker monument and shook the urn off the top? There are many other...
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grasshopper16
May 30, 20211 min
Some stories of people/whanau buried in Blocks A and A Free Section, in order of plot number.
More than 200 Gisborne women signed the 1892 Gisborne petition that gave New Zealand women the vote in 1893. Many of these women are...
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Compiled by Gillian Ward
May 30, 20211 min
Stories of some of the people who are buried in the Old Section of Makaraka Cemetery, 1860's - 1920'
Click the link to view a document which includes brief sketches of the life stories of many of the people who are buried in the Old...
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grasshopper16
May 29, 20212 min
Some stories of people/whanau buried in Block B, in order of plot number.
The Waerenga-a-Hika NZ Wars memorial is in Block B. This memorial records the names of six Hawke’s Bay Military Settlers who died on 18...
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grasshopper16
May 28, 20211 min
Some stories of people/whanau buried in Block C, in order of plot number.
William Donald Stuart MacDonald's beautiful red granite monument stands at the entrance to the cemetery at the corner of Block C. Known...
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grasshopper16
May 27, 20211 min
Some stories of the people/whanau buried in Block E in order of plot number.
Victor Strachan Lardelli's grave is in Block E with a beautiful new headstone. Victor was an early Waimata settler who bought Kowhai...
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grasshopper16
May 26, 20211 min
Some stories of the people/whanau buried in Block F, in order of plot number.
Mihi Hetekia and her husband Rawiri Karaha are buried in Block F. The photo is from 1971, and unfortunately the headstones are no longer...
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grasshopper16
May 25, 20211 min
Some stories of people/whanau buried in Block G, in order of plot number.
David John and Catherine Barry's grave is in Block G. DJ Barry owned a cordial bottling plant, and later took over William Crawford's...
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grasshopper16
May 20, 20211 min
Stories of some of the people/whanau buried in Block H, in order of plot number.
The only wooden headstone remaining in Makaraka Cemetery is that of Mary Ann Fraser in Block H. It is likely that many early wooden...
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grasshopper16
May 19, 20211 min
Some of the stories of people/whanau buried in Blocks I & J in order of plot number.
John Hervey's grave in Block I is shown below. He was trading from a store on the Waipaoa riverbank in the mid 1800s when Matawhero was...
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grasshopper16
May 18, 20211 min
Some of the stories of people/whanau buried in Blocks K, L, and L Jew, in order of plot number.
Below is a 1971 photograph of Georgina and John Alfred Harding's grave in Block L. Click the link to view a document which includes brief...
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grasshopper16
May 17, 20211 min
Some of the people/whanau buried in Block M, in order of plot number.
Below is a 1971 photograph of Samuel and William Tarr's plots in Block M. Click the link to view a document which includes brief sketches...
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