Two of the treasures revealed in the 14th February working bee – the plot with the checkerboard ledger has two other Masonic symbols, one being the compass and set square….
JAMES FULTON
This month is the 119th birthday of our Cable Car. The Cable Car’s engineer, James Fulton, is buried at Karori Cemetery. He was born in Outram, Otago in 1854 and…
Cemetery Management Plan
Here’s an action shot of our Friends’ Chairperson, Richard Bentley, making a presentation on our behalf today to the Wellington City Council Strategy and Policy Committee on the draft Cemeteries’…
Bendy Gum
Bendy Gum is being removed! Have you got a name for this distinctive tree, a feature on the T-junction close to the Peter Fraser Memorial? It will all be gone…
Remembering the Buckley siblings
Lena Marion Buckley (known as Marion) and her brother Stanley were born in Greenwich, Kent, England. They left London on the Athenic on 4 March 1910 along with their mother…
Moonrise
Moon in his hand. We’ve had some lovely evenings for walking in the Cemetery this February.
Cemetery Photography
Do you like taking snaps in the Cemetery? Do you know we’re on Twitter and Instagram too? Share your Cemetery photos on Insta and let us know by #friendsofkaroricemetery or…
JOHN DAVID MCLEAN
“Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever” (Job 19:24) Our third photo from the Berry & Co collection features the grave of John David McLean…
JOSEPH MCGIFFERT CLELAND
Died 1901 aged 66 years and buried in Public Section. He has a very handsome gothic style headstone. His brother, Rober McGiffert Cleland is buried at Bolton Street. From NZETC:…
IN MEMORY OF ROSE J WILLIAMS
This is the information we can piece together on Rose: she was born Rosina Hazelwood in 1868 in Islington, London. She came to New Zealand with her family on the…