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“I want to thank you again for all your help in making it possible for me to be able to follow my husband’s wish and have him close to his Mother and Father in his final rest. Your cemetery is a beautiful spot.”
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Matariki 2022 – A Time to Reflect on Those Who Have Passed and Connect with Nature
Matariki is a time to reflect and connect with the stories and lives of those who went before us. It is a time to learn from them and plan for the next year with deeper wisdom. Purewa Cemetery is about remembering, honouring, and learning. That's why we invest in...
Anzac Day 2022: The Heroes of Armageddon
On Anzac Day we commemorate and honour those who risked their lives for us. This Anzac Day we turn our attention to the Holy Land and to the Battle of Megiddo (Armageddon), the decisive turning point of the war’s Sinai and Palestine campaign.
Witold Bukowski: Polish Hero in Battle Against Soviets and Nazis
History in black and white can feel cinematic and unreal. Remembering the Second World War only through that lens risks that we will repeat it, that it might sneak up on us unexpectedly, just as it did then. The solution is to take the time to study and understand the...
Children and Teenagers Graves Inspire Students
Seventeen-year-old Sophie Hawes noticed headstones marking the resting place of children and teenagers.
This inspired her and friend Luka Ljubisavljevic, both year 13 students at St Kentigern’s School, to reach out to the Friends of Purewa.
Amelia Haszard and New Zealand’s Greatest Natural Disaster
Māori and Pakeha experienced the Tarawera eruption together. Both influenced the other’s understanding of what happened, and what it meant. We join them now, as we remember Amelia Haszard and Sophia Hinerangi; through their stories we consider the meaning of life and death, of humanity and the environment that shapes us. What does it mean that their lives were upended by the shaking of the solid ground, the very thing we choose as a metaphor for stability? There is in this a profound meditation and an opportunity to grow in our understanding of what is real and important.