On the 29 November 1979, Air New Zealand Antarctic sightseeing flight TE901 crashed into the slopes of Mt Erebus. 257 passenger and crew were killed including Mervyn John Oliver of Ashhurst. He was 65 years old. He was laid to rest in Ashhurst Cem...
Creator: Leanne Hickman
Place: Ashhurst Domain, Ashhurst
Date: August 17, 2019
Charles Monro (1851 - 1933) is credited with introducing the game of rugby to New Zealand. He returned to Nelson from schooling in England, where he had played the game of rugby. While a hybrid game of football was played in New Zealand at the tim...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Kelvin Grove Cemetery, James Line
Date: November 3, 2020
A dozen rifles fire the traditional salute for the deceased aircrew. The funeral is for the Air Force personnel lost on 25 November 1945 during a routine meteorological flight out of Ohakea. On March 19, 1949 the wreck of the RNZAF Ventura aeropla...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 25, 1949
This is an example of the documentation that was sold to those looking to secure a burial plot in Palmerston North. The plot was sold to George H Gaskin of Terrace Street Palmerston North and cost three pounds ten shillings. The Palmerston North C...
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Date: September 14, 1920
This remarkable grave of Robert Reaburn, is in the shape of a trench with sandbags surrounding it. Reaburn's story is a tragic one of a returned serviceman surviving the war only to be struck down by the influenza epidemic of Novemb...
Creator: Leanne Hickman
Place: Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North
Date: May 11, 2019
John Adam Sligo was the Son of Alfred and Rose (nee Adam) Sligo of Gisborne, and the husband of Marie Theresa Sligo, of Lower Hutt. John Sligo served in WWII as a Pilot Officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 57 (RAF) Squadron. He was killed i...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1941