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Friends of Karori Cemetery Logo with Whakatauki High Res

Tag: Wood

Incledon

By friends on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

We have often admired this headstone for its unusual ‘drop shadow’ leadwork lettering, which seems quite modern for the era. It was a prime candidate to be cleaned. The plot…

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Lepper Family

By friends on August 13, 2021September 11, 2022

In the earliest Anglican area, there is a large solid column with an urn on top, all of which is wooden. Standing 8ft/2.44 metres tall it is an exact replica…

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John Guthrie Wood

By friends on November 27, 2020November 27, 2020

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….

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Four Killed Car Over 40ft bank Island Bay Tragedy

By friends on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Exploring the stories behind the adjacent plots of Olga BARDEBES, age 19, & Ernest DICKSON, age 22, in the Catholic section, reveals a tragic tale. They were two passengers in…

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