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, 2022
- 1 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
- May 30, 2021
- 1 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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grasshopper16
- May 29, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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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grasshopper16
- Oct 9, 2020
- 1 min
The Waerenga-a-hika Monument - a New Zealand War memorial.
This monument is located near the Makaraka Main Road, in Block B, Plot 81.
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