Friends of Karori Cemetery Blog

HOMEWOOD The big house on the hill, on Homewood Avenue, not far from Karori Cemetery was built in 1846, when the first owner Henry Samuel...

A recent blog post about James McLauchlan NAIRN encouraged us to take a look at the life of another artist buried at Karori Cemetery -...

James McLauchlan Nairn (18 November 1859–22 February 1904) was a Glasgow born painter who strongly influenced New Zealand painting in the...

There are six New Zealand Prime Minsters interred at Karori Cemetery. The most noted is Peter Fraser, who was Prime Minister 1940-1949....

A Facebook post on 23 March showed a detail from the door of one of the “Three Vaults” in Karori Cemetery. There is a wayfinding place on...

Earlier this week, when the National Library was still open, there was a very interesting talk by Derek Lightbourne on behalf of the...

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