Have you ever wondered how finger printing to convict criminals and the armed offenders squad became established in New Zealand? The answers to these and other fascinating stories will be revealed at the Auckland Heritage Festival event being held at Purewa Cemetery...
Birdsong is returning to Purewa Cemetery thanks to a joint initiative with the Eastern Bays Birdsong Project. The community-based volunteer group has provided traps and platforms to help Purewa control the possum population, which has been increasing and is largely...
With the recent completion of four new kidney-shaped gardens and one central round garden, Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, has added to the existing 16 kidney gardens which are now fully subscribed. The latest gardens have been built between the newly constructed...
An initiative started by a grieving Mother to beautify her son’s grave has blossomed into a community passion to bring old, tired graves in Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium in East Auckland to life with flowers. In 2019 Miriama Toms lost her 16-year-old son Felix...
The second stage of Purewa’s popular Walk of Memories for ash interments has been completed. The 250-metre-long extension provides 670 new plots for families to purchase in a tranquil garden-lined setting. All plots will have a granite tablet for inscription by the...
