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grasshopper16
Aug 11, 20221 min read
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 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...
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grasshopper16
May 30, 20211 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...
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Compiled by Gillian Ward
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...
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grasshopper16
May 29, 20212 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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, 20201 min read
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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grasshopper16
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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...
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Compiled by Gillian Ward
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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...
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