I visited a historic cemetery on a short trek through the bush, followed by a visit to a Rock...
Wainuiomata: Cemeteries & Memorials
A historic bronze memorial plaque has been stolen from Sinclair Cemetery in Wainuiomata. Learn about the theft and how...
In the late 1960s & early 70s, the Sinclair Cemetery wasn’t known about. Us kids simply called it "The...
Work is well underway on the expansion of the Garden of Remembrance at Hine Road Recreational Area in Wainuiomata.
View of the Wainuiomata Garden of Remembrance in 2023
David Johnson / / / Photos, Cemeteries & Memorials, Reserves & Parks / 0Photo of The Garden of Remembrance in Wainuiomata taken in the year 2023. This cemetery site is located in...
Memories from the Sinclair Cemetery Site
David Johnson / / / History, Cemeteries & Memorials, Memories, Sinclair / 0As a kid growing up in Sunny Grove in the 1960s and 70s, I often played in Sinclair Cemetery...
Wainuiomata Garden of Remembrance is a memorial garden at Hine Road Recreational Reserve. It opened in 2004 for ash...
Sinclair Cemetery in the 1880s
David Johnson / / / Aerial, Photos, Cemeteries & Memorials, Farming, Logging, Sinclair / 0The fenced Sinclair Cemetery stands out in this photo with its perimeter of trees. At 5-7 Sunny Grove you...
Evening Post 02 Feb 1880
David Johnson / / / History, News, Cemeteries & Memorials, Dams, Fishing, Logging, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Pio Pio, Pipeline, Prospecting, Sinclair, Tunnels, Water Race, Waterworks / 0A dam and a tail-race were to be constructed here, and the water would enter the pipes, as at...
Sinclair Cemetery serves as the final resting place for one of Wainuiomata's pioneer families. It was commemorated with a...
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