| | Title | 'Attack an outrage'. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 25 November 2010; p.1 | | Description | Report on the extensive damage caused by vandals to Waikumete Cemetery, which Auckland mayor Len Brown describes as an 'outrage'. With comments from cemetery manager, Daniel Sales. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A tomb with a view | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 15 April 2003; p. 1 | | Description | The cost of grave sites has increased at Waikumete and Swanson cemeteries. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A tomb with a view | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 15 April 2003; p. 1 | | Description | A range of new prices has been approved by Waitakere City Council's finance and operational performance committee for graves at Waikumete and Swanson cemetaries. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A villa at Helensville. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 26 October 2010; p.2 | | Description | Tales from the Crypt feature on Helen McLeod. Explains the history of the name of the town Helensville which was named after Helen's house - Helen's Villa. With biographical details her husband, John McLeod. Helen McLeod is buried in Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Access blocked to some graves. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 11 May 2010; p.3 | | Description | A major landslide in 2008 and a gate locked due to vandalism has caused problems for elderly and disabled visitors trying to visit graves at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | American war dead are remembered | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 16 November 2006; p. 3 | | Description | A group of 18 American mourners will visit Waikumete Cemetery this weekend to remember fallen comrades buried there during World War II. But the grave they will visit are empty. The bodies of all 113 servicemen laid to rest at Waikumete Cemetery were exhumed after the war and taken back to their home towns in the United States. Their names can still be viewed on the World War Two memorial. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Battle won after 27 years. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 6 November 2007; P.3 | | Description | Comments from Auckland bishop Patrick Dunn, Waikumete Cemetery manager Daniel Sales and campaigner Mr Brian Cronin on the upgrade of the Catholic section of the cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Better view for mourners | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 21 January 2003; p. 1 | | Description | Waitakere City Council is looking to spend more than half a million dollars on a new cremator at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Blessing on the animals | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 23 September 2005; p. 1 | | Description | Animals of all shapes and sizes will be blessed during a St Francis of Assisi day at Glen Eden's historic Chapel of Faith in the Oaks on October 2. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bravery remembered. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 28 September 2007; p.3 | | Description | Obituary for Theresia Neumann, of Blockhouse Bay. Mrs Neumann was an Austrian War heroine who joined the underground movement during world war two. Includes biographical information. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bugs galore | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 30 January 2004; p. 3 | | Description | Entomologist Peter Maddison is inviting the public to join him on a torchlight hunt for bugs at the Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Buried leisure | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 31 January 2003; p. 4 | | Description | This Sunday's Friends of Waikumete twilight tour will visit the graves of pioneers, characters and rogues. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cadets to clean vets' gravesites | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 24 February 2006; p. 2 | | Description | Waikumete Cemetery war graves are to be cleaned regularly by members of the No 19 (Auckland) Squadron Air Training Corps. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Call to fix war graves. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 25 May 2010; p.1 | | Description | City councillor Derek Battersby, whose own father was killed in World War Two, is calling for the government to fund the maintenance of soldiers graves at Waikumete Cemetery. Includes comments by spokespeople for Veteran affairs and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cameras guard graves. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 4 September 2008; p.3 | | Description | New security cameras, installed as part of an upgrade, are hoped to dissuade thieves from stealing at Waikumete Cemetery. Briefly reports on thefts at Otahuhu and Waikaraka cemeteries. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cemetery art of forgotten stories. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 11 March 2008; p.15 | | Description | Waiatarua artist Mark Goody's exhibition at the Oedipus Rex Gallery consists of paintings inspired by the ornate gravestones of Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cemetery life limited | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 May 2004; p. 1 | | Description | The Waitakere City Council estimates Waikumete Cemetery will run out of room for burials in about 30 years. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cemetery neat and tidy | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 24 April 2006; p. 12 | | Description | War graves at Waikumete Cemetery are tidier and easier to find after a major upgrade project by the Veterans Affairs in Wellington. Staff from Thompson Memorials of Glen Eden completed the cleaning in time for Anzac Day. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cemetery rules out pet burials. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 8 April 2004; p. 8 | | Description | Waitakere City Council does not plan to allow pets to be buried at the Waikumete Cemetery. Only one animal has been officially buried at Waikumete Cemetery is a dog called Scoobie-Doo. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cemetery troubles | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 10 October 2006; p. 1 | | Description | A newly upgraded toilet block at Waikumete Cemetery has been locked after reports of indecent behaviour. Waitakere City Council spokesman Dai Bindoff says the toilets have been locked on the advice of the police. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cemetery's number is up | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 June 2003; p. 1 | | Description | Waitakere City Council has recently installed a street number at Waikumete Cemetery much to the delight of Lynton Diggle. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Chapel gets big revamp. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 10 January 2008; p.10 | | Description | The restoration of the Chapel of Faith in the Oaks at Waikumete Cemetery is one of several upgrades underway at the cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Chinese secret society recalled. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 7 September 2010; p.4 | | Description | Tales from the crypt feature on Chinese immigrant, market gardener Wong Chong, also know as Goh Gum. A member of the Gee Kung Tong Society, he is buried in Waikumete Cemetery's Chinese section. Article includes a brief history of the Gee Kung Tong Society. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Dawn ceremony | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 22 April 2003; p. 5 | | Description | More than 2000 people are expected to gather at Waikumete Cemetery this Anzac Day for a candlelit dawn ceremony. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Disaster victim in Waikumete | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 7 November 2003; p. 6 | | Description | Stanley Victor Josephs was killed in the Tangiwai rail disaster when he was 17. He is buried in Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Double tragedy for warder. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 16 November 2010; p.2 | | Description | Tales from the crypt feature on Michael Flannery, head warder of Mt Eden jail, whose teenage son Thomas Francis was killed in an accident in Helensville and whose youngest daughter, Grace, died aged 20. Thomas is buried in Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Driver damages graves. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 17 September 2010; p.3 | | Description | Report on damage to graves in Waikumete Cemetery by a four-wheel drive vehicle. With comments from cemetery manager Daniel Sales and detective sergeant Josh Meinsma of the Henderson Police. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Dry spell pushes up fire danger | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 3 February 2005; p. 5 | | Description | Waitakere City Council and the Fire Service are warning residents to be wary with matches, lights, cigarettes and backyard barbecues as high temperatures bring on timber dry conditions. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Erebus - 30 years on. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 November 2009; p.1 | | Description | A memorial service that marks thirty years since the Erebus disaster will be held at Waikumete Cemetery.
Fritz Zoll, whose father died in the tragedy and whose remains are buried there will be attending. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Faith in chapel to be restored after $270,000 renovation | | Source of Article | Aucklander (West ed.), 3 May 2006; p. 7 | | Description | The Chapel of Faith in the Oaks in Waikumete Cemetery will undergo a major $270,000 renovation to prevent the old church crumbling. Waikumete Restoration Trust chairman Ron Hanson says the renovations will also examine what can be done to save a large oak tree at the rear of the chapel. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Firebugs target Waikumete | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 March 2003; p. 1 | | Description | Firefighters fear Waikumete Cemetery is becoming a major fire risk because of dead foliage cleared by MAF in order to rid the area of the painted apple moth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grandson restores family name | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 9 December 2003; p. 5 | | Description | Ken Young has organised the repair of his grandfather's grave, who was buried with his parents David and Johanna Young at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grass trial | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 29 June 2004; p. 2 | | Description | The Weedfree Waitakere Trust is trialling different species of grass at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grave concerns. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 2 April 2010; p.1 | | Description | Fire safety office, Ray Coleman, and Glen Eden senior station officer, Bryan Marsden, comment on a fire in bush at the edge of Waikumete Cemetery and highlight risks in other areas during the dry season. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grave images inspire Lee's photos | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 13 April 2006; p. 1 | | Description | Waikumete Cemetery is full of personality according to Laingholm photographer Lee Clark. The Laingholm man's collection of nightime photographs of Waikumete Cemetery called Memories in Stone is on display at Lopdell House Gallery until April 30. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grave injustice | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 21 June 2005; p. 5 | | Description | Vietnam veteran Ray Farrell is distraught at the unloved state of some soldiers' graves which are scattered among civilian graves at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grave occasion lit-up | | Source of Article | West Weekly, 30 April 2003; p. 5 | | Description | Several thousand people gathered at Waikumete Cemetery for the largest Anzac Day dawn parade since they were started at the cemetery six years ago. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grave walk | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 3 September 2004; p. 7 | | Description | Friends of Waikumete are to give a guided tour around some of the grave site at Waikumete Cemetery on Sunday. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Graves belie highest honour. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 24 April 2007; p.4 | | Description | Three recipients of the Victoria Cross are buried at the Waikumete Cemetary. They are John Gilroy Grant who is on the Te Atatu RSA honours board, Reginald Stanley Judson, and James Crichton. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Graves clean-up only first step. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 10 August 2010; p.6 | | Description | Waitakere city councillor Derek Battersby says funding for the repair and maintenance of war graves at Waikumete Cemetery is secure but further fundraising is necessary to continue the maintenance of war graves around New Zealand. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Graves of old soldiers defaced | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 1 November 2005; p. 1 | | Description | Auckland District RSA vice-president Matt McMillan fears that a scrap metal thief is doing the round after five commemorative plaques were prised off graves and left on the ground in the returned services area of Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Graves of old soldiers defaced | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 1 November 2005; p. 1 | | Description | Auckland District RSA vice-president Matt McMillan fears that a scrap metal thief is doing the round after five commemorative plaques were prised off graves and left on the ground in the returned services area of Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Graveyard tour | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 5 December 2003; p. 4 | | Description | There will be an evening guided tour of graves in Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Half million dollar cremator | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 8 November 2002; p. 1 | | Description | Waitakere City Council is looking to spend more than half a million dollars on a new cremator at Waikumete Cemetary. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Hints rare trees for the chop | | Source of Article | West Weekly, 14 August 2002; p. 7 | | Description | Friends of Waikumete fear some of the cemetery's rare trees may be for the chop in the wake of plans by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to "thin out" a section of forest to destroy the painted apple moth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | History of Trust | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 15 November 2002; p. 1 | | Description | A trust to oversee the Chapel of Faith in the Oaks was founded by Judith Long in 1977. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Hunt for 'murder victim'. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 22 May 2007; p.1 | | Description | An anonymous caller reported to Waitakere City Council that a body had been left at Waikumete Cemetery. Police officers with dogs searched the area. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Inspection tour of war graves | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 10 February 2004; p. 3 | | Description | The head of the London-based Commonwealth War Graves Commission was due to visit Waikumete Cemetery in February. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Internet records a grave issue. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 11 January 2008; p.3 | | Description | The burial records of Waikumete Cemetery, one of the biggest cemeteries in the southern hemisphere, will soon be made available on the internet. | | View full record |
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| | Title | It's a little too quiet on the Western Front | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 10 July 2003; p. 3 | | Description | Friends of Waikumete Cemetery secretary Mary Gilligan believes much of the cemetery's wildlife has moved elsewhere while contractors have cleared plants known to harbour the painted apple moth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Lest we forget | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 5 November 2004; p. 1 | | Description | An Armistice Day remembrance service will be held four days early at the Waikumete Cemetery to allow more people to attend. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Lest we forget. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 April 2007; p.5 | | Description | A record crowd turned out for the dawn parade at Waikumete Cemetery on Anzac Day. The article has comments from Glen Eden RSA president Len Johnson. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Long forgotten graves. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 19 October 2010; p.4 | | Description | Tales from the crypt feature on the death of Nellie Green buried in an unmarked grave in Waikumete Cemetery. Outlines the treatment of vagrants, homeless people and beggars at the time of her death. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Martha's links to NZ's first European settlers. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 7 December 2010; p.4 | | Description | Tales from the crypt feature on Martha White, who is believed to be the child of the first European family to settle in New Zealand. She died in 1902 and is buried in Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mayor resigns as chapel patron | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 15 November 2002; p. 1 | | Description | Chapel of Faith in the Oaks Trust patron Bob Harvey has quit and is calling for an independent review of the organisation dating back five years. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Memorial for Erebus dead. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 26 November 2009; p.8 | | Description | There will be a service at Waikumete Cemetery for the victims of the Erebus disaster which happened thirty years ago. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Milestones | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 28 September 2006; p. 5 | | Description | Western Leader wants to honour West Aucklanders who have reached a milestone in their life. | | View full record |
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| | Title | More grief for widow | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 26 October 2006; p. 1 | | Description | Grieving widow Mary Fa'apoi is upset by council guidelines restricting what she can put on her husband's grave. Council spokesman Dai Bindoff says that Mrs Fa'apoi does not have a permit to have the headstone permanently installed but has allowed Mrs Fa'apoi to place the headstone on the grave temporarily and have an unveiling ceremony. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Moth campaign good for Waikumete | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 17 June 2003; p. 3 | | Description | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry contractors have cleared 68 hectares at Waikumete Cemetery of wattle trees, weeds and other host plants in a bid to eliminate the painted apple moth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mystery coined | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 22 December 2006; p. 3 | | Description | Haare Tukariri wants to find a home for a 1934 New Zealand coin found at Waikumete Cemetery. It was found on the gravestone of his wife's grandmother. | | View full record |
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| | Title | NZ's first slain officer remembered | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 2 August 2002; p. 2 | | Description | Constable Neil McLeod, thought to be the first New Zealand policeman killed on duty, will be remembered during a guided tour of Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Officers remembered | | Source of Article | Aucklander (West ed.), 4 August 2004; p. 3 | | Description | Two police officers killed in the line of duty, Neil McLeod and Percy Tulloch were remembered in a special ceremony held at Waikumete Cemetery 114 years to the day since Neil McLeod died. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Oh, to be a tree | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 02 August 2007; p.5 | | Description | Elizabeth Francke is part of a growing group of people who want an eco-burial. Waikumete Cemetery offers eco-burials. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Paying tribute to an old mate | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 24 December 2004; p. 1 | | Description | Friends of Waikumete member Barbara Harvey attended a commemorative service for Tangiwai victim Robert Joseph Hale at the Waikumete Cemetery after his old school mates from Lower Hutt's St Bernard's Intermediate raised $5000 to bguy a headstone for the grave. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pine still symbolic in face of myth. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 24 April 2008; p.5 | | Description | Dendrologist, Graeme Platt, has stated that a lone pine tree in Waikumete Cemetery, planted in memory of Anzacs who lost their lives, was not propagated from the Turkish red pine that stood on the site of the battle of Lone Pine Ridge, Gallipoli, despite claims to the contrary. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pious Catholic met an early grave. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 28 September 2010; p.7 | | Description | Tales from the crypt feature on Mary Lonergan who was widely known in the New Zealand Catholic Church and was buried at Waikumete Cemetery at the age of 50. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Prayers for pioneer of biculturalism | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 25 January 2005; p. 24 | | Description | A prayer service is being held for the late Charles OLiver Davis (also known as Hare Rewiti) as part of this year's Waitakere City Council supported Waitangi Day celebrations. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Praying for funds to restore old chapel | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 30 March 2006; p. 3 | | Description | The first phase of funding to restore Waikumete Cemetery's historic Chapel of Faith in the Oaks could be decided in the next six weeks. Waikumete Chapel Restoration Trust spokesman Ron Hanson says the Trust has applied to the Portage Licensing Trust for funds. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Rain reveals an old road | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 18 December 2003; p. 3 | | Description | Archaeologists are pondering the history of an old brick road uncovered by heavy rain at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Raw emotions rise above the surface | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 21 April 2006; p. 5 | | Description | Profile of Cadet Jack Osmond Battersby who served on the HMNZS Achilles and the HMNZS Leander during World War Two. The HMNZS Leander was torpedoed by the Japanese cruiser Jintsu and twenty eight of the Leander's sailors, including Jack, were killed. Jack Battersby was the father of Waitakere City Councillor Derek Battersby. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Remembering ANZAC Day | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 April 2004; p. 9 | | Description | Organisers of this year's Anzac Day commemorations in Waitakere City believe the dawn parade at Waikumete Cemetery drew a record crowd. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Roots a threat to chapel | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 21 July 2005; p. 5 | | Description | Waitakere City Council is calling for a report into the state of Waikumete Cemetery's historic Chapel of Faith in the Oaks after it was noticed that the roots of a nearby protected oak tree are threatening the buildings foundations. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Secretary: MAF warned of debris hazard | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 March 2003; p. 1 | | Description | Friends of Waikumete secretary Mary Gilligan says she warned authorities of the fire danger at the cemetery just days before a suspected arsonist set the area alight. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Service remembers Erebus air disaster. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 10 November 2009; p.2 | | Description | A special memorial service will be held at Waikumete Cemetery on November 28 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Erebus air disaster. Attendees include representatives from Air New Zealand, families of those who lost their lives, civic leaders and others. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Spooky night walk in graveyard | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 5 July 2002; p. 5 | | Description | The Friends of Waikumete group is hosting a guided night tour of the graveyard from the Chapel of Faith in the Oaks which some say is haunted. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Spraying cancels cemetery walks | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 18 February 2003; p. 3 | | Description | Friends of Waikumete is suspending its guided monthly tours of Waikumete Cemetery citing public safety issues with the painted apple moth aerial spray campaign. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Squeeze on cemetery | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 7 April 2005; p. 1 | | Description | The Waitakere City Council estimates that Waikumete Cemetery could be full by 2021. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Stripped VC a stark contrast. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 24 April 2007; p.2 | | Description | Friends of Waikumete Cemetery researcher Barry Shaw writes about Private James Douglas Stark who was stripped of his Victoria Cross. Private Stark is buried at Waikumete Cemetary. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Taggers deface church. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 25 January 2007; p.3 | | Description | Taggers have been graffitiing churches including St Austells in New Lynn. Includes comments from the Tag Out Trust secretary Christine Derrick and Tag Out Trust operations manager Carl Bryant. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tale of war hero | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 16 March 2004; p. 11 | | Description | The Donkey Man by Glyn Harper, is based on the World War 1 service of army medic Richard Henderson, a former resident of Millbrook Road who is buried at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The life of a sexton isn't a career for just any body | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 27 July 2006; p. 3 | | Description | Martin Banks got the shock of his life when he dug up an 80-year-old grave and found nothing but a pair of shoes lying in the casket. The cemetery sexton, who is moving on after 30 years at Waikumete, was doing the job for a family who wanted to take the remains of their loved one with them when they moved overseas. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Thieves overlook rare piece of pottery | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 26 February 2008; p.2 | | Description | A candlestick holder made by 19th century potter George Boyd was left behind by thieves who had raided an old well in Pitt Street. George Boyd is buried at Waikumete Cemetery. The article includes comments by archaeologist Bev Parslow and Historic Places Trusts spokeswoman Sherry Reynolds. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Thousands attend dawn parade. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 1 May 2008; p.30 | | Description | The Anzac Day dawn ceremony at Waikumete Cemetery was attended by Mayor Bob Harvey and his wife, Barbara, various MPs and the Australian High Commissioner, Michael Crawford. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tragedy mars life of land court judge. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 25 May 2010; p.2 | | Description | Tales from the crypt feature on retired land court judge John Rogan who is buried at Waikumete Cemetery, the death of his young wife, a daughter and eldest son. Includes a brief outline of his life in New Zealand, and mentions his house Te Makiri in Helensville. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tragic end to a legend. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 02 November 2010; p.4 | | Description | Tales from the crypt feature on the life of race car driver Bruce McLaren, who owned Bruce McLaren Motors on Te Atatu Road and is buried in Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tribute to brave young soldier | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 22 April 2003; p. 3 | | Description | A monument at west Auckland's Waikumete Cemetery lists 56 names of World War I and World War II casualties who enlisted in the greater Auckland Province and whose bodies were never recovered from where they fell. One of those men was Charles Henry Gathercole from Waiwhiu near Warkworth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | True resting place for war veteran. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 19 December 2008; p.3 | | Description | Details the dedication of a previously unmarked grave in Waikumete Cemetery belonging to retired American Consul Andrews Andrew St John buried in 1902. Describes the work of Glendene resident Audrey Lange who researched the ownership of the grave. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Vegetation debris upsets mourners | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 17 April 2003; p. 1 | | Description | Piles of debris, left by contractors removing foliage known to harbour painted apple moths, are blocking access to graves at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Waikumete commemorations | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 28 April 2005; p. 26 | | Description | Young and old alike braved a crisp wintry chill to attend this year's Anzac Day dawn parade at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Waikumete is problem area | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 11 March 2003; p. 1 | | Description | Waikumete Cemetery remains one of the most challenging spots to penetrate for MAF staff working to wipe out the painted apple moth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Waikumete tribute for old soldier. | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 18 January 2008; p.5 | | Description | The Waikumete Cemetery gates, where the RSA members form a guard of honour on Anzac Day, will be renamed the Gene Lecky Gates and marked with a plaque in tribute to the late Gene Leckey's long service as parade marshall for the Glen Eden RSA. Includes information about Mr Lecky’s life and working career. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Waikumete war graves pass muster | | Source of Article | Aucklander (West ed.), 18 February 2004; p. 2 | | Description | The head of the London-based Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Richard Kellaway, visited Waikumete Cemetery as part of his eight-day nationwide war graves inspection. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Walkers gather for Waikumete tour | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 5 May 2006; p. 3 | | Description | There will be an evening guided tour of graves in Waikumete Cemetery on Sunday 7 May led by Friends of Waikumete member Aranne Donald. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Walking in Waikumete | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 5 November 2004; p. 7 | | Description | The memorial to victims of the 1979 Mt Erebus disaster will be visited during a guided tour of Waikumete Cemetery this Sunday. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Wall disappears after concerns | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 10 February 2004; p. 10 | | Description | A partly built brick wall on a building at the Waikumete Cemetery disappeared almost as soon as it went up after "heritage" concerns were raised by the Friends of Waikumete interest group. | | View full record |
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| | Title | War vets up in arms over tagging | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 4 September 2003; p. 1 | | Description | The Waikumete Cemetery Cenotaph and a neighbouring World War 1 monument honouring 56 service people whose bodies were buried at sea were sprayed with bright orange paint recently. | | View full record |
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| | Title | West Aucklanders to unite for service | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 28 October 2003; p. 3 | | Description | The Titirangi Returned Services Association is organising Waitakere City's first combined RSA ceremony to mark Armistice Day. The ceremony will be held at Waikumete Cemetery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Western Leader 1978 | | Source of Article | Western Leader, 29 April 2003; p. 5 | | Description | Photographs and extracts from the Western Leader files including: Precious MacKenizie entertained at Henderson's Palomino Restaurant; Charles McPhee demonstrates his artistry; Industrial action at Kawerau's Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill has disrupted distribution of the Western Leader; Moire Road residents are asking the Post Office for a public telephone; Auckland City Council wants to divest itself of its responsibility for Waikumete Cemetery; Western Leader has ten copies of Kamahl's album to give away; The Western Leader reminds advertisers of the changes being made under the Human Rights Act to prevent discriminatory terms; The Western Leader proves the Avondale spider is not a myth. | | View full record |
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