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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...
A series of Māori tribal battles involving muskets (long-barrelled muzzle-loaded guns, brought to New Zealand by Europeans) which mainly took place between 1818 and 1840. The population of New Zealand in 1769 was around 100,000. It is estimated that around 20,000 died in the Musket Wars which also changed traditional tribal areas. Source: The Treaty of Waitangi in Tauranga: Te Tiriti o Waitangi...
Soldiers from New Zealand that served and died in the Angloa-Boer War ( 1899 - 1902 )GENERAL FRENCH'S DESPATCH: 2nd February 1900.—NZMI: Major A W Robin, commanding, deserves special mention for the frequent occasions on which he and his men have performed signal service during these operations. Captain Madocks and his company mentioned in body of despatch for work on 15th January.LORD ROBERTS'...