A walk around Makaraka Cemetery to celebrate Margaret's birthday, International Women's Day (on March 8), and Women's History Month....

Restored grave - respect shown for Thomas and Vivie Haisman

From Dot McCulloch, "This was a large number of unveilings. Families and friends gathered and Charlie Pera and Moerehu Pewhairangi...

The Smith family siblings - Irene, Moira, Malcolm, Kirk, and Susie honoured the life of their great great grandmother, Elizabeth (Bessie)...

On June 13th, 2021, HPT led a tour through Makaraka Cemetery for people to learn about Gisborne's development through the stories of some...

Was it the 2007 earthquake which twisted the top block of the Barker monument and shook the urn off the top? There are many other...

By Sue Elizabeth Ralston Haxton, 15th November 2020. The inscription on the headstone is not easy to read in the photos in this article....

The three stonemason businesses in Gisborne are all working on the job of reinstating the recovered headstones. Originally the grave...

With the help of the Lotteries grant the headstones that were recovered from a trench at Makaraka Cemetery are gradually being...