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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...
grasshopper16
Aug 11, 20221 min read


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...
grasshopper16
Aug 11, 20221 min read


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...
grasshopper16
May 30, 20211 min read


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...
Compiled by Gillian Ward
May 30, 20211 min read
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