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Friends of Karori Cemetery Logo with Whakatauki High Res

Homewood

By friends on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

The big house on the hill, on Homewood Avenue, not far from Karori Cemetery was built in 1846, when the first owner Henry Samuel Chapman cleared the land to build…

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Three Vaults

By friends on May 18, 2020October 4, 2020

A Facebook post on 23 March 2020 showed a detail from the door of one of the “Three Vaults” in Karori Cemetery. There is a wayfinding place on the “main”…

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An Accident At The Wharf

By friends on May 10, 2020October 4, 2020

Killed coming alongside AN ACCIDENT AT THE WHARF. A MAN KILLED. Mr H. W. Robinson, District Coroner, held an inquest at the Hospital yesterday afternoon on the body of Neil…

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