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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...
grasshopper16
May 17, 20211 min read
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Whanau celebrate their tipuna - Wyllie/Boylan
By Sue Elizabeth Ralston Haxton, 15th November 2020. The inscription on the headstone is not easy to read in the photos in this article....
grasshopper16
Dec 5, 20201 min read
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The Waerenga-a-hika Monument - a New Zealand War memorial.
This monument is located near the Makaraka Main Road, in Block B, Plot 81.
grasshopper16
Oct 9, 20201 min read
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The Matawhero Monument - A New Zealand Wars Memorial
Susan Libline, Annette Blair, Gillian Ward - September 2020 (and ongoing) Brief sketches of the people and their lives and families, who...
grasshopper16
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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The Stonemasons' work
The three stonemason businesses in Gisborne are all working on the job of reinstating the recovered headstones. Originally the grave...
grasshopper16
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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Recovered Headstones being reinstated
With the help of the Lotteries grant the headstones that were recovered from a trench at Makaraka Cemetery are gradually being...
grasshopper16
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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The people whose headstones were buried, then much later, recovered.
Who were those people whose cemetery plot headstones were selected for safe-keeping, while so many other were demolished in the early...

Compiled by Gillian Ward
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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