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A Special Unveiling of a Memorial Plaque in Purewa’s Historic Old Section on Sunday Honours the Memory of a Long-forgotten Victorian Girl
🖋️“My Dear Mother…If I should ever have a tombstone, put hymn No. 349 on it…I must now say good-bye to all I love. Hoping you will forgive me; good-bye—Yours for ever….” These were the last recorded words of nineteen-year-old Mabel Helander. She had ingested...
🖌️Catherine Wright Burcher🖼️
Catherine is a noted 19th century New Zealand painter. Known particularly for her copy of Edmund Blair Leighton's 'In Times of Peril, 1897' which is in currently in the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery. But her talents went beyond her fantastic oil...
A Fatal Accident on the Sonoma
To the Memory of ~ Laban David Ferguson🚢 Sometimes we happen upon a headstone that suggests an interesting story. Such was the case of this headstone for a Mr Ferguson. A native of Michigan, USA, erected by the officers and crew of the S.S. Sonoma, and covered in...
Purewa’s Beautifcation and Environment Care Initiative
To better care for our environment, Purewa will be phasing out the use of plastic flowers, starting May 1st 2025.
To learn more about this initiative, click the link below.
