https://wellington.gen.nz/localhistory+communitygroups Items tagged with Local History and Community Groups. https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/george-athea/ Accidentally Killed Deep in Public2 section is this fine headstone to 28 year old George Henry Athea who “met with a fatal accident whilst in the execution of his duty”.... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/george-athea/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-06-05T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/joseph-kitching-and-william-brodrick/ Joseph John Kitching died February 18th 1912 aged 52 also William Henry Brodrick died 8th July 1913 aged 54 This lovely headstone enjoying the sunshine and Ian Galloway cricketing, belongs... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/joseph-kitching-and-william-brodrick/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-06-05T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/john-hearfield/ The slightly unusual shape of this headstone caught our eye. The shape is known as Ogee (a double curve) and was used in Gothic and Gothic Revival architecture (so popular... architecture communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/john-hearfield/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-06-05T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/mary-smylie/ Mary Jane was born in 1861, Dublin, to James and Charlotte Campbell. Mary married (Dr) Archibald Smylie in Dublin in 1883. Archibald was born in 1842 in Antrim. Their first... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/mary-smylie/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-06-05T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/gee-ching-dong-herbert-gee-dong-and-wong-yuk-lan-lily-gee-dong/ Gee Ching Dong (who became known as Herbert) was born in 1891 in the village of Gee-wong-tong in the Guangzhou Province, China. Several members of his family emigrated to New... communitygroups karori places localhistory Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/gee-ching-dong-herbert-gee-dong-and-wong-yuk-lan-lily-gee-dong/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-05-28T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/ivy-fenwick-anna-ginn-nee-poppelwell/ 1882-1971 Ivy was born 10 October 1882, in Dunedin, parents Elizabeth Henry and William Poppelwell (V). She was the only girl among four brothers George, Henry, Colin and Cecil. Her... communitygroups karori places localhistory Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/ivy-fenwick-anna-ginn-nee-poppelwell/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-05-28T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/catherine-elsie-lynette-wells-nee-mackenzie-1891-1970/ 1891-1970 Catherine (known to us as Nan) was born on September 4th 1891 to James and Annie Elizabeth Mackenzie of Wellington. Her full name was Catherine Elsie Lynette but she... communitygroups karori places localhistory Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/catherine-elsie-lynette-wells-nee-mackenzie-1891-1970/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-05-28T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/edwin-royden-wells/ 1887-1950 Edwin was born in Wilson’s Street, Lyttelton on May 20th 1887. He was the first son and third child of Alban and Agnes Wells. Edwin chose a career in... communitygroups karori places localhistory Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/edwin-royden-wells/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-05-28T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/john-alvin-leblanc-1918-1943/ John was one of many US Soldiers that found themselves on shore in New Zealand during World War 2. Between June 1942 and mid 1944 there were between 15,000 –... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/john-alvin-leblanc-1918-1943/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/te-whaea-o-te-katoa/ Janet Munro was born on 31 January 1883 in Glasgow, to Mary McLean, a housekeeper, and William Munro, an iron foundry warehouseman. She was educated in Glasgow and became a... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/te-whaea-o-te-katoa/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/captain-butt/ Richard Groombridge Butt was born on June 2, 1832, in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, to Marie (Mary) Cabot (Smith) and Richard Butt. He travelled to New Zealand, via Brisbane,... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/captain-butt/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/winifred-jean-duncan/ While our Gum Gully volunteers were weeding the cemetery next to Ian Galloway Park, Russell made a remarkable discovery among the tradescantia: the headstone of Winifred Duncan. The headstone appears... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/winifred-jean-duncan/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/george-william-macnamara-sam-barford/ George died in 1913 and was buried in the Church of England 2 section. On 22nd September 1916, the Town Clerk received a letter from his widow asking if the... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/george-william-macnamara-sam-barford/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/distressing-mistake/ ‘A distressing happening at Karori cemetery last Saturday when the bodies of two women who had died that week in the Wellington Hospital were discovered by the relatives to have... karori places communitygroups localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/distressing-mistake/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/margaret-french-aka-mrs-death/ Margaret – Mrs Frued or Freude or Mrs French On 3rd December 1892, a woman arrived in Wellington at the Te Aro Hotel named Margaret. She had a note of... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/margaret-french-aka-mrs-death/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/william-haydn-flood-musician/ As his middle name suggests, William came from an enthusiastic musical family. His father, Joseph was a musician in Honiton, Devon. William followed his father and brothers in this profession... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/william-haydn-flood-musician/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://karorihistory.org.nz/2026/02/19/special-general-meeting-speaker-march-2026/ Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 3 March 2026 at St Ninian’s, Newcombe Crescent, Karori at 7pm. Members and friends welcome. The meeting on 3 March will be in two parts: At 7pm, we are holding a Special General Meeting to approve changes to our constitution and the decision to reregister in order to meet […] karori places communitygroups localhistory wcnhosted Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://karorihistory.org.nz/2026/02/19/special-general-meeting-speaker-march-2026/ Karori Historical Society 2026-02-19T00:00:00Z -41.2844173 174.7444792 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/captain-william-kelly/ As part of our gardening project, Russell tackled the Kelly plot and over several days persevering, removed the enormous flax that had dwarfed the beautiful headstone. The plot interested Russell... communitygroups karori places localhistory Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/captain-william-kelly/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-26T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/karori-ghosts/ ‘Cemetery Reported to be Haunted’ We found this article from July 1939. karori places communitygroups localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/karori-ghosts/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/marion-martin/ ‘Mrs Martin was one of the oldest residents in Wellington, and was highly esteemed for her plain unostentatious kindness of disposition’. Marion Baird was born in Fountainhall, a hamlet southeast... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/marion-martin/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/sarah-jane-kirk-temperance-leader-suffragist-and-human-rights-activist/ Sarah Jane Mattocks was born in 1829 in Warwickshire, England. She worked as a silk marker before marrying Thomas Kirk, a bookkeeper on Christmas Day, 1850. In 1862, the Kirk... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/sarah-jane-kirk-temperance-leader-suffragist-and-human-rights-activist/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/thomas-ward-engineer-surveyor-1849-1934/ Thomas was born in Oxford, England and trained as an engineer, working on the Great Northern Railway and at University College, London. He came to New Zealand in 1873 and... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/thomas-ward-engineer-surveyor-1849-1934/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/walter-joseph-and-phoebe-elizabeth-lawrence/ Walter Joseph Lawrence was born in Camberwell, London in 1878[i] and Phoebe Elizabeth Thornton[ii] in St Saviour, London in 1881. The couple married in London in 1906[iii] before immigrating to... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/walter-joseph-and-phoebe-elizabeth-lawrence/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/jacob-william-heberley-hakopa-heperi-carver/ Jacob was the sixth child of James ‘Worser’ Heberley and his wife Te Wai (also known as Māta Te Naihi), of the Puketapu people of Te Āti Awa. James and... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/jacob-william-heberley-hakopa-heperi-carver/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/working-bee-find/ This beautiful object was found by one of our volunteers at our October 2025 Working Bee in Gum Gully. Our volunteer very carefully cleaned the floral tribute as well. communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/working-bee-find/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/william-henry-willway-the-childrens-friend/ William was born in 1823 in Bristol, England. His father was a silk dyer, but by age 15, William was working as a clerk. On Christmas Day 1849, he married... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/william-henry-willway-the-childrens-friend/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/services-section-photo-find/ WCC Archives sought our help to identify the location and occasion of this photo: It is interesting to note that there were so many women in the photo, which made... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/services-section-photo-find/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/thomas-kirk-botanist/ Thomas grew up in a household where botany was a common interest. His father George was a nurseryman and his mother Sarah (born West) was both a nurserywoman and a... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/thomas-kirk-botanist/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/henry-mitchell-founder-of-mitchelltown/ Henry arrived in Wellington as an 8-year-old child and died in 1913, aged 80. He came out from England with his parents, brothers and sisters on the ‘Gertrude’ in 1841.... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/henry-mitchell-founder-of-mitchelltown/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/compton-family/ Mary Martha Whiting was born in 1854 in Tasmania and came to New Zealand with her family at a young age. She was the third child of thirteen siblings. Her... communitygroups karori places localhistory Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/compton-family/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-12-23T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand