Accidentally killed February 1904. Erected by his shipmates. This charming headstone caught our eye. Who can walk past “accidentally killed” and not wonder? According to newspaper reports, James (aged 19) […]
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Sir Francis Dillon Bell
It’s Movember and we’re celebrating with some of the famous mustaches resident at Karori Cemetery. Sir Francis Dillon Bell (1822-1898) not only sports some fine facial accoutrements but was also […]
Louis Wager
Our next biography in celebration of Movember is about Louis Wager 1888-1965. Biography from Te Papa’s website: “Private Louis Wager, service number 77744Louis Wager was born in Heybridge, Essex in […]
John Guthrie Wood
Running with our Movember theme, next up is John Guthrie Wood Aitken. He contributed so much to Wellington, it’s hard to summarise all he did in a few lines here. […]
November Working Bee
We had a crack team of twenty volunteers join the Committee on 15 November 2020 for a working been in Gum Gully. We cleared three long paths of debris in […]
Influenza
FROM DISTANT SHORES – Some of those who died of influenza in 1918 and were buried in Karori Cemetery came from far away – Arthur Howell, Captain, SS Alma, from […]
Influenza
In 1918 influenza killed men and women in their productive years, aged 20-50. In many cases their deaths left orphans to be cared for by wider family, or the state. […]
Influenza
Mary KEEGAN lived with her husband and children (she had 12) on a coal hulk in Wellington Harbour. During the 1918 influenza epidemic several of the children became sick as […]
Old Photos
Love how these old photos of the Cemetery keep popping up! (There are so few of them) Crematorium & Chapel (1909)HISTORY: https://www.wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz/…/164-karori…
World Television Day
Originally published 21 November 2020 Who better to highlight on this day than one of NZ’s biggest – in every sense of the word – media stars for 30 years […]