We will never know the name of everyone buried in this cemetery as official records have either been lost or were never kept. The information on this page is part of an ongoing project by historian Debbie McCauley and is from her website at this link: . This northern point of the Te Papa peninsula was once the site of Ngāti Tapu's busy Ōtamataha Pā. In 1828, a raid by Ngāti Maru from the Thame...
Papakura Cemetery is located at 298 Great South Rd, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand. Entrance to Cemetery is on Opaheke Road.
Hūkerenui is a small settlement on State Highway One, approx 30kms north of Whangarei. The Hūkerenui Cemetery is located near the Mid Northern Rugby Football clubrooms.
Ōropi Cemetery is located near the Ōropi Hall (city side) on the opposite side of the road. This is about 11km from the corner of the Oropi turn off and Highway 29. The earliest date recorded is for Olivia Emily Kensington who died on 30 September 1897, aged 76. A Roll of Honour commemorating men from the Ōropi district who fought in World War I and World War II can be found on the front of ...
The Hamilton West Cemetery was open for burials from 1869, with the last burial in 1927. However, it was not until 1975 that it was registered with the Ministry of Health as a closed cemetery and is now protected as a reserve under the District Plan and the Reserves Act 1977. Records indicate that there are 1,659 interments within the 8092 square metre area.The cemetery is located at Willoughby...
Mount Taupiri is a hill at the southern end of the Taupiri Range in the Waikato. The highest peak in the range, it rises to 288 metres above sea level and overlooks Taupiri township immediately to its south. Mount Taupiri is a sacred mountain and burial ground for the Waikato tribe of the Māori peopleThe present-day burial ground is directly above State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk...
Pāterangi Cemetery is located at the junction of Sing Road and Pāterangi Road, about 7 kilometres north west of Te Awamutu.
St Peters Anglican Church has been at the corner of Church Street and Ōnehunga Mall since 1848. A wooden church was replaced by a new church in 1930, shifting the old building back for a tower and chancel, designed by D B Patterson. The new church was consecrated in June 1931, but the foundation stone was laid a year before with Masonic ceremony, with corn scattered over the stone by Provincial...
Also known as Hunterville Cemetery, Rangatira Cemetery is on Murimotu Road, Hunterville in the Rangitikei District.There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and one of the 1939-1945 war here.
Taupiri is a small township of about 450 people on the eastern bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is overlooked by Taupiri mountain.Taupiri Cemetery is located on Gordonton Road in Taupiri, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand. Nearby is Taupiri mountain, the sacred burial ground for the Waikato tribes of the Māori people.
Burials for the St Stephens Cemetery in Parnell date from 1844 to 1982. Cemetery Search:
Also known as Dudley Vercoe Cemetery, this cemetery is in current use and is located around 3.5km south-west of Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty area, North Island, New Zealand.The cemetery was consecrated on 9 May 1970. The earliest recorded burial is of Mr W A J Wright 1883-1958.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints cemetery has high historical significance in Tauranga as the resting place for a number of the church's early members. The cemetery is the smallest of the old Tauranga cemeteries and contains a range of grave memorials crafted between 1907 and 2002. These include slab and desk, short upright granite slabs, tablet stones, a single gothic shouldered...
Location Information This cemetery is located in Scotland Street, off the main highway, Pātea. Historical Information There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 2 of the 1939-1945 war here. World War I: Private James Carradus Private Samuel Floyd World War II: Private Stanley George Martin Lance Sergeant John Sequel Wilson
Tūākau Cemetery is located on Alexandra Redoubt Road in Tūākau. The cemetery was reaching capacity in 2015 and was expected to be full by the end of that year.
The name Tokoroa first appeared on the early maps of the 1860s
Pakaraka was the scene of an important early Mission. The cemetery is approximately 13 kilometres north-west of Kawakawa along the SH 1. Holy Trinity Church Graveyard, Pakaraka, Northland, New Zealand, contains the official war grave of 1 man who served in the New Zealand forces during the First World War. This is Private George Leef who died of influenza on 30 December 1918. It is also the b...
The Anglican church of Hiona St Stephen in Ōpōtiki is a rare example in New Zealand of a church that houses a martyr’s memorial. The church was originally dedicated as Hiona (Zion) in January 1864. In early 1865 a group of Pai Mārire (Hauhau) adherents entered the town and seized Hiona’s minister, the Rev. Carl Sylvius Völkner, and his fellow missionary, T.S. Grace. Völkner was accused of spyin...
St Ninian's Presbyterian Church in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand, was built in 1859.The earliest burial in the St Ninian's Church Graveyard was in July 1873. The deceased was Rev. David Hamilton who died from exposure and drowning in the Waitakere Ranges on his way to Presbyterian services in Huia and Whatipu. The latest burial was in 1974.Some notable burials: * Jessie Eva Hort Huxham MacKen...
St John’s Church Graveyard at Tutu Totara is a few kilometres north of Marton in the North Island of New Zealand, and only a few hundred metres from State Highway One. Rangitikei Parish which includes St John's is a large rural parish situated south of Mt Ruapehu and west of the Rangitikei River.Built in 1924 to a F. de J. Clere design replacing a wooden building of 1884 also by Clere.Burial pl...
Location Information==Port Chalmers (Old) Cemetery, 3 Church Street, Port Chalmers. It is closed for new ash and burial plots. Ash interments and body burials can only be made in existing plots. Please note that New Port Chalmers Cemetery is also located on Church Street. Source: and Information==There are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 3 of the 1939-1945 war here.World War I: ...
Pirongia is a township 13 km north-west of Te Awamutu. First named Alexandra, it was a military post during the Waikato war. In 1864 the 2nd Waikato militia built and occupied the Alexandra East and West redoubts, part of a chain of fortifications between Alexandra and Cambridge designed to block possible attack from Māori living south of the Pūniu River. The earthworks of an armed constabulary...