

The Presbyterian Cemetery has high historic significance to Tauranga as the resting place of a number of notable people, an historic archives for genealogical and historic research and a touchstone for descendants of Tauranga families. The cemetery is located at 61 Eighteenth Avenue, Tauranga South. The first burial in the Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery was Daniel Wilkie (1846-1882) who died of a heart attack on 21 November 1882 at the age of 36, just four and a half weeks before the birth of his son. Source: Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery by Debbie McCauley https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/heritage/cultural-herita....