This beautiful object was found by one of our volunteers at our October 2025 Working Bee in Gum Gully. Our volunteer very carefully cleaned the floral tribute as well.
Karori Cemetery | Ghosts?
‘Cemetery Reported to be Haunted’ We found this article from July 1939. If anyone can identify the likely headstone, please let us know. Link to full article: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19390727.2.137?end_date=31-12-2001&items_per_page=10&query=%22karori+ghosts%22&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1920&title=DOM%2CEP%2CNZFL%2CHN%2CHVI%2CKOP%2CMKURA%2CMATUH%2CNZCPNA%2CNZGWS%2CNZMAIL%2CNZSCSG%2CNZTIM%2COTMAIL%2CPUKEH%2CUHWR%2CVT%2CWAG%2CWDT%2CWAIST%2CWAITA%2CWI#text-tab
George Rignold Fossette
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Ford plot
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Henry Beedle
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Archibald Fea
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