Due to popular demand a new columbarium will be open in the new year at Purewa. The stainless steel and cast aluminium structure will accommodate 96 double niches for cremated ashes. Sitting on a concrete base, the columbarium will be faced with black marble and red...
One man has been quietly cleaning and restoring old headstones at Purewa Cemetery for the past year. Semi-retired ecological consultant Graham Don from St Heliers, joined the Friends of Purewa, and almost immediately started on a personal project to revitalise old...
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...
