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Recent events, reinstated headstones, and research so far...

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Who were those people whose cemetery plot headstones were selected for safe-keeping, while so many other were demolished in the early 1970's?

September, 2020

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The significance of Makaraka Cemetery, by Sheridan Gundry, March 2019

March, 2019

Stories of some of the people who are buried in the Old Section of Makaraka Cemetery, 1860's - 1920's.

September, 2020

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Recovered headstones gradually being reinstated with Lotteries grant - Houlden and Burch

Ongoing...

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The stonemasons' work in restoration and reinstating plot monuments in Makaraka Cemetery

September, 2020

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A collection of stories from throughout Makaraka Cemetery

August, 2020

"A Wrong put Right" Gisborne Herald, 28 August 2020

August, 2020

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Another reinstated headstone...

December 2019

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Reinstated Stevenson headstone

July, 2019

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Reinstated Barr and Hayes headstones

August, 2020

Dods headstone reinstated

August, 2020

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Another reinstated headstone...

December 2019

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