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Waireka Cemetery is located between Omata and Oakura, off State Highway 45 on Waireka Road West, at the junction with Gardner Road. The site is slightly to moderately sloping with a flat lower field in the vicinity of Gardner Road, that is fenced off and grazed. The cemetery is in a rural setting and
looks out toward the sea and Paritutu. This reserve is within the tribal rohe of Taranaki Iwi. It is of historic and cultural significance to Nga Mahanga-a-Tairi hapu. The reserve has been used as a burial ground for many years, with the earliest burial being 1855 and some predating the Battle of Waireka in 1860. Source: https://www.npdc.govt.nz/media/oxehqei4/plans-and-strategies-cemete...