We look after a range graves and memorials, both in New Zealand and overseas. These memorials and graves acknowledge significant aspects of our nation’s history including disasters, conflicts and prominent leaders.We also have a role as the New Zealand agent for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and about the history and locations of memorials, historical graves and war graves.National MemorialsThe Ministry has 20 National Memorials in its care. Eight of these memorials are located overseas.A national memorial is determined by the New Zealand Government when it is deemed appropriate to recognise an event, relationship or individual that has had a significant impact on the nation.National memorials in New ZealandAbel Tasman National Monument (under the care of the Department of Conservation)Atatürk Memorial situated above Tarakena Bay, Wellington.Canterbury Earthquake National MemorialCoates Memorial Church, Matakohe, NorthlandCook Monument, Kopu Bridge, Thames (currently offsite due to vandalism)Fraser Memorial, Karori Cemetery, Wellington and Peter Fraser Statue, WellingtonHolyoake Memorial, WellingtonKirk Memorial, WaimateMassey Memorial, WellingtonPukeahu National War Memorial Park, WellingtonSavage Memorial, AucklandSeddon Memorial, WellingtonTangiwai Memorial, Karori Cemetery, WellingtonLinks for more informationAtatürk Memorial (NZHistory)Oi Manawa Canterbury Earthquake National MemorialCoates Memorial Church, Matakohe (NZHistory)Massey Memorial (NZHistory)Pukeahu National War Memorial parkSavage MemorialSeddon MemorialTangiwai Memorial dedication (NZHistory)National memorials overseasChunuk Bair, TürkiyeJean Batten Memorial, MajorcaLe Quesnoy, FranceMessines, BelgiumLongueval, FranceNew Zealand Memorial in KoreaNew Zealand Memorial in LondonS'Gravenstafel, Belgium.Links for more informationNew Zealand memorial to the missing, Chunuk Bair panorama (NZHistory)Le Quesnoy memorial (NZHistory)NZ Memorial in Korea (NZHistory)War gravesWar graves are for those who died on active service or a consequence of injury or illness from their war service within the qualifying time period.The Ministry cares for following war graves throughout New Zealand and the Pacific:New Zealand Wars GravesThese are graves of casualties of the New Zealand Wars who died in conflict during the critical 1840-1872 period. They are located throughout New Zealand. They include British military, colonist, Māori and non-combatant graves and memorials.Below is a list of New Zealand Wars Grave sites that we care for and links to further Information on these sites.Alexandra Redoubt, Tūākau CemeteryLocation: TūākauSites we care for:Memorial obelisk commemorating casualties of New Zealand Wars 1863–1864.Three concreted graves of New Zealand Wars casualties; Berry, Grace and Williams.Alexandra Redoubt, Tūākau Cemetery (NZHistory)Bolton Street CemeteryLocation: Bolton Street, Wellington.Drury Presbyterian Churchyard CemeteryLocation: Great South Road, DrurySite we care for:Grave of Pte John Mckay, 65th Regt, died 14 September 1863.Heads Road CemeteryLocation: WhanganuiSites we care for:Lt Col Jason Hassard, 57th Regt, died 15 January 1866Lt Octavius R Lawson and Ensign George Chrichton Jenkins, 18th Royal Irish Regt, died 18 December 1865Pte William Stone, No 16 Engineers, died 23 December 1866Shoeing Smiths J Laycock, died 10 March 1866 and J Barnett, died 29 November 1865, 4th Bde, Royal ArtilleryLt Thomas Ormsby Johnstone, 40th Regt, died 25 January 1865Ensign William Alexander, 65th Regt, died 1 November 1861Lt Henry Boyle Hunter, died 7 September 1868 and Major William Magee Hunter, died 7 November 1868William Jenkins, Native Interpreter, died 12 May 1867Frederick Wemyss, 65th Regt, died 3 July 1858Ensign Robert Whitfield, Forest Rangers, died 13 March 1865Captain James Duff Hewett, died January 1865Sergeant George Maxwell, Kai-Iwi Volunteer Cavalry, killed Nukumaru, 1869Constable George Lewis Cole, Armed Constabulary, died 11 November 1868 from wounds received at Moturoa on 7 November 1868Gilfillan family, killed 18 April 1847.Heads Road Cemetery (NZHistory)Heads Road Catholic CemeteryLocation: WhanganuiSites we care for:Lt William Masterson, Royal Engineers, died 29 September 1865Michael Forbes, 53rd Regt.Heads Road Cemetery (NZHistory)Hirini Street CemeteryLocation: GisborneGrave of Captain Duncan Michie BrownGrave of Chief Te Kani Hirini.Horokiwi Valley GravesLocation: Battle Hill Farm Park, PāuatahanuiHorokiwi Valley Graves (NZHistory)Huirangi Memorial CrossLocation: Waitara RoadLocated on private land. Contact us if you require more details.Huirangi Memorial Cross (NZHistory)Kainaha CemeteryLocation: Mataatua Road, RuatahunaSites we look after:Two mass graves of New Zealand WarsMemorial to Native Auxiliaries of HM Forces who died on 7 May 1869 and 8 May 1869Memorial to Armed Constabulary killed at Orangikawa PaKainaha Cemetery (NZHistory)Katikara MemorialLocation: Fort St George Redoubt, Lower Pitone Road, Tātaraimaka, TaranakiSite we look after:Memorial to mark the grave of more than 20 Māori warriors who were killed in the Battle of Katikara on 4 June 1863. The warriors came from several iwi including Taranaki, Ngati Ruanui and Whanganui.Katikara Memorial (NZHistory)Leamington CemeteryLocation: Wordsworth Street, Leamington, CambridgeLower Mauku CemeteryLocation: Glenbrook Road near PatumahoeMahoetahi CrossLocation: at junction of State Highway 3A and road to Waitara, New PlymouthMakaraka CemeteryGisborneSites we look after:Matawhero MemorialWaerenga-a-Hika MemorialMatawhero Memorial (NZHistory)Waerenga-a-Hika Memorial (NZHistory)Maketu (St Thomas’s) ChurchyardLocation: Pukemiro Hill, MaketuSite we look after:Winiata Pekanui MemorialWiniata Pekanui Memorial (NZHistory)Manaia Land Wars MonumentLocation:on west side of Octagon, Manaia townshipMarumaru (Grave of Captain William A Hussey)Location: Located on private land. Contact us if you require more details.Site we look after:Grave of Captain William A HusseyMoutoa MemorialLocation: Moutoa Gardens, Market Place, WhanganuiSite we look after:Marble statue of sorrowing woman, commemorating Māori killed at Moutoa Island defending WhanganuiMoutoa Memorial (NZHistory)Napier Old CemeteryLocation: Hospital Hill, NapierSites we look after:Captain John Chapman St George, died 1869Sgt William Farrell, died 1864Thomas Stanley, died 1864 (wooden headboard)Thomas Mason, died 1866 (wooden headboard)Henry Morrison, died 1866 (wooden headboard).New Plymouth (St Mary’s) ChurchyardLocation: Vivian Street, New PlymouthSites we look after:Spr George Chubb, Royal Engineers, 23 January 1861Seaman Henry Sargent, HMS Pelorus, 6 August 1860Pte Thomas Millard, Royal Marines, HMS Niger, 28 March 1860Edward Archer, 12th Regt and others: Joseph Woodward, Michael Carden, 40th Regt; Henry East, 57th Regt; George May, John Bland, John Jones, George Willis, Edwin Gillet and John MaguireLt Thomas H Tragett, 57th Surg, W A Hope, Col Sgt Samuel Ellers, 57th, Sgt Samuel Hill, Pte William BanksLt E C McNaghten, Royal Artillery, 17 March 1861Capt Thomas Strange, 65th Regt, 10 February 1861Lt Denis Jackson, 40th Regt, 23 January 1861Francis Brown, Taranaki Volunteer Rifle Corps, 6 November 1860Pte Edward Messenger, Taranaki Volunteers, 3 March 1861John E. Sarten, Taranaki Mounted Volunteers, 17 March 1860Richard Brown, Taranaki Volunteer Rifles, 22 August 1860Pte Henry Crann, Taranaki Volunteer Rifles, died August 1860Hugh Corbin Harris, Taranaki VolunteersEphraim Coad, 17 August 1860Pte Francis Rooney, 65th Regt, 6 November 1860Colour Sgt Samuel Scammell, 65th Regt, 18 April 1861Capt. William Cutfield King, Taranaki Militia, died 8 February 1861Memorial to Māori Chiefs (Vicarage grounds)Memorial to Taranaki Militia and Volunteers.Ngāruawāhia Public CemeteryLocation: Western side of State Highway 1 about one kilometre south of NgāruawāhiaSites we look after:Communal grave with four markersMarble obelisk about 2.5m high, commemorating L/Cpl William Hewitt, died 9 April 1864, Cpl Thomas Hill died 22 February 1864, William Hammell, 65th Regt died 2 February 1864 and others who fell in the New Zealand WarsSandstone headstone commemorating Lance Sgt Freeman Jamieson, Army Hospital Corps, who died 19 May 1864, which also has a footstone.Marble plaque commemorating Pte Thomas Maisey, 18th Royal Irish RegtMarble plaque commemorating William George Poole, Bugler, Mounted Constabulary, New Zealand WarsNgāruawāhia Public Cemetery (NZHistory)Ngawha (St Michael’s) Māori ChurchyardLocation: About three kilometres south-west of Ōhaeawai on State Highway 12Site we look after:A stone cross erected by Māori to commemorate the Pākehā enemy in an engagement in 1845.Ngawha (St Michael’s) Māori Churchyard (NZHistory)Nukumaru MemorialLocation: sited under the Veterans’ Steps, Queens’s Park, WhanganuiSite we look after:Memorial to soldiers killed in the New Zealand Wars 1865–1869.Ōhawe Military CemeteryLocation: Located on private land. Contact us if you require more details.Ōhawe Military Cemetery (NZHistory)Ōkaihau (St Catherine’s) ChurchyardLocation: just west of Ōkaihau settlement on the road to Horeke, NorthlandSite we look after:Memorial erected by the New Zealand Government in 1891 to soldiers who lost their lives in an attack on one of Heke’s pas. Monument comprises a two-metre-high bluestone cross on a plinth with a marble inscription panel.Ōkaihau (St Catherine’s) Churchyard (NZHistory)Old Taupiri Road MemorialLocation: NgāruawāhiaSite we look after:Memorial comprising of a 2.5-metre high polished grey granite plinth and obelisk. It commemorates those who died in the New Zealand Wars and was erected by the New Zealand Government in 1914.Old Taupiri Road Monument (NZHistory)Onepoto GraveLocation: beside Lake Kiriopukae, Lake WaikaremoanaSite we look after:Grave of trooper Michael Noonan who was a dispatch rider killed during the New Zealand Wars.Opepe Reserve CemeteryLocation: on the Napier-Taupo Road about 12 km from TaupoSites we look after:Five graves. Some are for those killed in the attack at Opepe on 7 June 1869Sgt Michael Slattery, and Troopers Ernest Lawson, Joseph Bidois, John Cook, Charles Johnson, who died 7 June 1869 (Fred Gill also named on grave, but later exhumed and buried in Old Military Cemetery, Tauranga)Troopers Hector Ross, Alex McKillop and Charles Potier, died 7 June 1869W Turner, died 27 October 1874Edward Andrehen, Armed Constabulary, died 7 October 1875Henry Leslie, Armed Constabulary, died 23 March 1876.Opepe Memorial (NZHistory)Opotiki (Kelly Street) CemeteryLocation: OpotikiSite we look after:Marble obelisk to those who died in the New Zealand Wars:Grave of Robert Pitcairn, SurveyorGrave of Pte James KeileyGrave of Pte Hansen, Pte Thomas M Brown, Pte Patrick Parsons, Pte Charles Ratsey, Tpr William C Fuller, Tpr F Ross.Ōrākau Battle MemorialLocation: Arapuni Road out from KihikihiSite we look after:Memorial comprising a grey granite obelisk commemorating the battle of Ōrākau, 31 March and 1 and 2 April 1864.Ōrākau Battle Memorial (NZHistory)Omata (John Hurford grave)Location: on roadside near Omata School, TaranakiSite we look after:Grave of a settler, John Hurford, who was killed in the New Zealand Wars on 2 August 1860.Ōtāhuhu (Holy Trinity) ChurchyardLocation: ŌtāhuhuSites we look after:Plaques marking three mass graves of the New Zealand Wars servicemen “who served their Queen and country 1863–1865”Grave of Lt John Thornton Down VC, 57th Regt, died 27 April 1866Grave of Major Walter Vernon Herford, 3rd Waikato MilitiaStaff Assistant Surgeon John Anderson, died 12 April 1865Captain Oates Joseph Travers, 70th Regt, died 4 December 1864Staff Surgeon Robert Storey, Royal Artillery, died 7 February 1865Lt Col John Gray, late 40th Regt of FootColour Sgt William Fogarty, 65th RegtPaihia (St Paul’s) ChurchLocation: PaihiaSite we look after:Bronze plaque over the remains of five 96th Regt soldiers killed 11 March 1845: Ptes Duross, Giddens, Ireson, Jackson and Miller.Papakura Public CemeteryLocation: Great South Road, Papakura, AucklandSite we look after:Grave of Captain Augustus Bressan Calvert, late of the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry and 2nd Dragoon Guards, died 3 July 1865, and his son, Sylvester Devenish Calvert, killed in the New Zealand Wars, 24 July 1863.Papakura Public Cemetery (NZHistory)Patea Public CemeteryLocation: Scotland Street, PateaSite we look after:Grave of W C Broughton, Interpreter to the Forces, New Zealand Wars, killed at Kakaramea on 1 October 1865.Pāterangi Land Wars gravesLocation: on road to Pirongia. Located on private land. Contact us if you require further details.Site we look after:Two-metre high, grey granite obelisk commemorating Privates John McDoole, Michael Cahill, Henry Blake and George Cooper, 40th Foot, 2nd Somerset Regt; and James Cussen and William Bane, of Queen’s Own Regt, killed in action at Waiari on 11 February 1864.Pāterangi Land Wars graves (NZHistory)Pokeno Historic CemeteryLocation: Junction of Munro and Helenslee Roads, PokenoSites we look after:White pyramidal cairn commemorating those who died in the New Zealand Wars 1863–64, plus grave of Horton and Loader, whose names are also on the cairn.Pokeno Historic Cemetery (NZHistory)Pukekohe East ChurchyardLocation: Runciman Road, Pukekohe East, AucklandSite we look after:Mass grave of six Māori who died in an engagement on 14 September 1863.Pukekohe East Churchyard (NZHistory)Queen’s Park Memorial (Lion Monument)Location: base of Veterans’ Steps, WhanganuiSite we look after:Memorial in the shape of a lion mounted on a tall rectangular plinth commemorating those from the district in H M Imperial Army, Navy and Colonial Forces killed in the New Zealand Wars.Queen’s Park Memorial (NZHistory)Rangiriri CemeteryLocation: Rangiriri, near HuntlySites we look after:Two New Zealand Wars memorials commemorating Army and Navy personnel, and individual graves of 46 British servicemen, who died in the Battle of Rangiriri, 20 November 1863.Rangiriri Cemetery (NZHistory)Rangitukia soldiers’ gravesLocation: Rangitukia Beach Road, East CapeSite we look after:Black granite obelisk marking the graves of five Hawkes Bay volunteers, New Zealand Wars casualties of 1865.Sgts C Dearlove and Christopher BorthwickPtes W D Laurie, H Moore and Charles Greaves.Rangitukia soldiers’ graves (NZHistory)Rawiri Waiaua graveLocation: Corbett Road, Bell Block, New PlymouthSites we look after:Concrete cross marking the graves of Rawiri Waiaua and his followers killed by supporters of Waitere Katatore in land disputes in Taranaki in 1854.Rawiri Waiaua grave (NZHistory)Renata Kawepo MemorialLocation: Omahu Churchyard, ŌmāhuSite we look after:Red granite memorial commemorating Renata Kawepo and his followers who died during the Pai Mārire rebellion of 1860–1872.Renata Kawepo Memorial (NZHistory)Ruakituri Cemetery ReserveLocation: Papuni Road, Ruakituri Valley near WairoaSites we look after:Three New Zealand Wars memorialsMetal plaque mounted on a rock cairn in memory of Davis CanningGrave of Captain Oswald Carr, Royal ArtilleryStone cairn commemorating Constables Coates, Condon, Byrne and Private Rihara.Ruakituri Cemetery Reserve (NZHistory)Russell (Christ Church) ChurchyardLocation: RussellSites we look after:Memorial to those killed at KororarekaMemorial to Chief Tamati Waka NeneHMS Hazard grave and wooden headboardRussell (Christ Church) Churchyard (NZHistory)Symonds Street CemeteryLocation: AucklandSites we look after:Grave of Captain William HobsonHeadstone of Lt Alexander MitchellAnglican commemorative wall and patioCatholic commemorative wall and patioSymonds Street Cemetery records (Heritage NZ)Symonds Street Cemetery (NZHistory)Tauranga Mission CemeteryLocation: Corner Den Place and Mirrilees Road, TaurangaSites we look after:Memorial to Hori Ngatai – grey granite with urn on topMemorial to Rawiri Puhirake – red marble obelisk topped by urnMemorial to those killed at Te Ranga on 21 June 1864 and Gate Pa on 29 April 1864 – a pyramidal-shaped sandstone obeliskMemorial to 1st Waikato Militia and othersMemorial Cross to seamen and marinesMemorial to the Māori deadIndividual graves of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton, Commander Edward Hay, Lieut Charles Hill, Sgt James Harmer, Lt Col James Fraser, Patrick Falcon Leonard, Sgt James Swallow and Trooper Fred GillGround plaques to 37 individual servicemen:T A Baker, George Berins, J Bradley, W Brissington, John Cady and Thomas H Dixon, J Clarke, James Colfer, Robert Collins, Benjamin Cordwell, Edwin Dee, Richard Dodd, Henry Emus, Robert Farrell, Charles Halford, James Harmer (also has headstone), J Harrington, William Jarvis, Henry Jeffs, Kilbride, Lawrence Mannion, Henry Matthews, James McAnary, William McAuley, H McCuen, Patrick McDonald, Thomas McGough, G Mitchelson, Charles Mure, John Platt, James Scanlon, D Shanaghan, James Taylor, J Timms, John Twinen and Thomas Bayley, George Watt and James W WheelerTauranga Mission Cemetery (NZHistory)Teasdale MemorialLocation: McKenna Place, Te AwamutuSite we look after:White marble obelisk to 11 men of H M Forces who lost their lives in the Waikato war.Teasdale Memorial (NZHistory)Te Awamutu (St John’s) ChurchyardLocation: Eastern side of Arawata Street, Te AwamutuSites we look after:Marble obelisk on plinth to Māori who fell in Battles of Hairini and Orakau in 1864Imperial and Colonial Forces Memorial to officers and men who died in Waikato Wars 1863–65 – sandstone, with marble inscription panel and cross on three-tiered baseGraves of Lieut and Adjutant Arthur H Lewis and Ensign Alfred ChaytorGraves of F R Gubbins and Constable Gilfillan.Te Henui CemeteryLocation: Lemon Street, New PlymouthSites we look after:57th Regt mass grave, Catholic section57th Regt mass grave, Old Anglican section57th Regiment obelisk43rd Monmouthshire Regt mass graveMonument to those who died at Pukearuhe on 13 February 1869 (handed back to New Plymouth District Council in 2009, after restoration)Grave of Arthur Balfour Duncan, 57th Regt, died 4 June 1864Grave of Cornelius O’Keefe, No 1 Coy, Taranaki Militia, drowned 28 December 1863James Curran, 43rd Regt, Armed Constabulary, drowned 9 August 1869Joseph Wheeler, 43rd Regt, Taranaki Bushrangers, drowned 3 July 1870Royal Artillery graves: James Stewart, died 28 April 1864; W Norris, died 10 February 1865; R Morris, died 17 June 1866Grave of John Hawken, died 7 November 1860Grave of Henry Edgecombe, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers, died 6 November 1860Grave of Samuel Ford, died 28 March 1860Grave of Bamber Gascoigne and family, died 13 February 1869Pukearuhe graves: John Milne, died 13 February 1869 and Edward Richards, died 13 February 1869Grave of Reverend John Whiteley, died at Pukearuhe, 13 February 1869Omata graves: H Passmore, W Parker, S Shaw, J Pote, died 27 March 1860Grave of Captain T W Lloyd, 57th Regt, died 6 June 1864Grave of Captain Arthur Close, 43rd Regt, died 28 July 1865.Te Ngutu o te Manu Domain MemorialLocation: Ahipaipa Road, halfway between Kapuni and Mātapu, TaranakiSite we look after:Memorial to the New Zealand Wars soldiers killed fighting against Tītokowaru, Chief of Ngāruahine tribe, South Taranaki at Te Ngutu o Te Manu in 1868.Te Ngutu o te Manu Domain Memorial (NZHistory)Te Rore New Zealand Wars GravesLocation: Te Rore. Located on private land. Contact us if you require more details.Site we look after:Grey granite obelisk commemorating John O’Hanlon and John Wilson, 12th Regt, died at Te Rore 1864, and William Connor, 40th Regt, died 8 February 1864, and others.Te Rore New Zealand Wars Memorial (NZHistory)Waihī Memorial CairnLocation: TaranakiSites we look after:Stone cairn with marble tablet commemorating soldiers killed fighting in the New Zealand Wars against Tītokowaru, Chief of Ngāruahine tribe, South Taranaki at Turuturumōkai and Te Ngutu o Te ManuGrave of Captain Frederick Ross, killed 12 July 1868.Waihī Memorial CairnWaikato Regiment NZ Wars memorialLocation: Drury (St John’s) Anglican Churchyard, Norrie Road, DrurySite we care for:Memorial recording the names of eight men – all from the 1st Waikato Regiment of Militia – who fell in action at Mauku on 23 October 1863 and are thought to be buried in the mass grave beneath the memorial.Waikato Regiment NZ Wars memorial (NZHistory)Waioturi Burial GroundLocation: Waioturi Marae, PateaSite we look after:Grave of Cpl Charles Philpott, killed in action at Te Pūtahi pā 7 January 1866.Wairau Memorial, Tuamarina CemeteryLocation: Cotterill St, TuamarinaSite we look after:Arthur Wakefield and settlers killed in the incident on the Wairau 17 June 1843.Wairau Memorial (NZHistory)Waireka CemeteryLocation: Waireka Road, WairekaSite we look after:Grave of Tpr Antonio Rodriguez de Sardinha NZC, died 12 May 1905.Waitara Historic CemeteryLocation: McLean Street, WaitaraSites we look after:Black granite obelisk commemorating those soldiers killed at Puketakauere on 27 June 1860 and Kairau on 29 December 1860 in the New Zealand WarsGrave of Charles Francis Brooke and non-commissioned officers and men of the 40th Regt who died 1860–1861.Whanganui (Christ Church) ChurchyardLocation: Wicksteed Street, WhanganuiSite we look after:Memorial commemorating CW Broughton, Interpreter to the Forces, erected by officers serving.Whatawhata CemeteryLocation: Cemetery Road, WhatawhataSites we look after:White marble headstone commemorating New Zealand Wars servicemen who died at Whatawhata in 1864Cpl Thomas ArmstrongPte George BeavisPte James ConnilianPte William RogersonPte Patrick CoughlanC P S GunsonJames CornishBartholomew AsheJoshua ReynoldsJoseph ClarksonJ Collins.Whatawhata Cemetery (NZHistory)South African War GravesThese are graves of servicemen who served in the South African War and died from war-related causes in New Zealand, within a year of their discharge. They are located throughout New Zealand.Commonwealth War GravesThe Ministry is the New Zealand agent for the Commonwealth War Graves Commissions (CWGC). As agents for CWGC we are responsible for graves of personnel throughout New Zealand and the Pacific Islands who died between 4 August 1914 and 31 August 1921 and 3 September 1939 and 31 December 1947.This includes 570 casualties of both world wars with no known grave. These casualties are commemorated on the Auckland Memorial in Devonport and on provincial memorials in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington.Most of the war casualties buried in New Zealand died while on garrison or training duties, or in hospitalsIn addition, New Zealand is a member of the CWGC. The other member countries are the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa and India. Each country contributes to the cost of the Commission’s work in proportion to the number of war graves, with New Zealand contributing 2.14 percent to the annual budget.You can trace the graves and memorials of all Commonwealth service personnel who died during the two world wars on the Commission’s website.Commonwealth War Graves CommissionWar Graves of later conflictsThese are graves service personnel who died in more recent conflicts, such as Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. They are located throughout New Zealand.Further infoIf you are looking for assistance regarding a veterans graves who did not die on active service or a consequence of injury or illness from their war service please contact Veterans AffairsVeterans Affairs.Historic Graves and MemorialsThere are three types of historic graves and memorials in care of the Ministry:Historic graves which have national significanceMemorials and graves bearing the words ‘Erected by the New Zealand Government’Historic cemeteries dating from NZ's earliest settler periodBelow is a list of historic grave and memorials sites that we care for and links to further information on these sites.Akaroa French Historic CemeteryLocation: Rue Brittan, L’Aube Hill, AkaroaAkaroa French Historic Cemetery (Te Ara)Wakefield family graveLocation: Bolton Street Cemetery, WellingtonSite we look after:Grave of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and family.Edward Gibbon Wakefield (Dictionary of NZ Biography, Te Ara)Devonport (Mt Victoria) CemeteryLocation: Albert Road, AucklandSite we care for:Grave of Chief Eruera Patuone.Hamuera Tamahau Mahupuku MemorialLocation: Papawai Marae, Papawai, GreytownTamuera Tamahua Mahupuku Memorial (NZHistory)Hirini Street CemeteryLocation: GisborneGrave of Captain Duncan Michie BrownGrave of Chief Te Kani Hirini.Honiana Te Puni MemorialLocation: Te Puni Street, PetoneHoniana Te Puni Memorial (NZHistory)Ihaka Whaanga MemorialLocation: State Highway 2 in front of Unity Hall, NūhakaIhaka Whaanga Memorial (NZHistory)Kawakawa CemeteryLocation: Whiteman Road, KawakawaSite we look after:Grave of Captain James Tau Tari, white marble headstone with lead lettering.Mangere (St James’s) ChurchyardLocation: Corner Church Road and Woodward Avenue, Mangere BridgeSites we look after:Graves of two Māori Chiefs — Kati Takiwaru and Epiha Te Tuhi — comprising flat marble slabs with lead letters.Māngungu Mission Station CemeteryLocation: Five kilometres west of Horeke, on road to Ivydale, NorthlandSites we look after:Graves of early settlersThomas McLeanCaptain William CrowCaptain David ClarkeFootstone “J E 1850”Puriri post “A B R 13 March 1841”Captain Thomas NealSamuel ButlerBroken-off stone – blankThomas MitchellJoseph Shepherdson and John Harris DavisWilliam WallisMaria WarmingtonWilliam Robinson and daughter, SarahGeorge Gillis and several family membersRichard Halmley MarrinerWilliam Charles WoonAnna McDonnellWilliam Frederick Mosley MonroJohn MartinMaria WellsGeorge MarrinerGeorge Frederick RussellGillis family grave: Annabella and William Webster.The cemetery also has the sites of three other graves once marked by wooden picket fences and headstones both of which disappeared many years ago.Normanby MemorialLocation: Normanby Domain, TaranakiSite we look after:Memorial to soldiers and Māori killed in several engagements in the New Zealand Wars from 1866 to 1868.Normanby Memorial (NZHistory)Ōhinemutu (St Faith’s) ChurchyardLocation: ŌhinemutuSite we look after:Grave of Chief Paora Te Amohau. The grave is to the left of the main doors of the church.Ōtakou ChurchyardLocation: Otago PeninsulaSites we look after:Graves of Chiefs Te Matenga Taiaroa and Ngatata-i-te-Rangi.Pakanae CemeteryLocation: Cemetery Road, Pakanae, NorthlandSite we look after:Grave of Chief Moetara.Pakaraka (Holy Trinity) ChurchyardLocation: about eight kilometres south of Ohaeawai on State Highway 1Sites we look after:Graves of Archdeacon Henry Williams and his wife Marianne.Pitihera Kopu MemorialLocation: Marine Parade, WairoaSite we look after:Memorial commemorating Chief Pitihera Kopu, who died 1867.Pōtatau MonumentLocation: Ngaruawahia Domain, NgaruawahiaSite we look after:White marble obelisk, 3.5 metres high, and plinth commemorating the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.Pōtatau Monument (NZHistory)Pouawha Meihana MemorialLocation: Pūkeko Marae, Poroporo, WhakataneSite we look after:Life-size statue of Chief Pouawha Meihana on a two-metre high pedestal.Purewa CemeteryLocation: St John’s Road, Meadowbank, AucklandSites we look after:Grave of Sir William Fox, a former Prime Minister, and Lady Sarah Fox.Ropata Wahawaha graveLocation: Waiomatatini Marae, UrupaSites we look after:Obelisk and grave of Major Ropata Wahawaha, died 1 July 1897.Ropata Wahawaha grave (NZHistory)Russell (Christ Church) ChurchyardLocation: RussellSites we look after:Memorial to those killed at KororarekaMemorial to Chief Tamati Waka NeneHMS Hazard grave and wooden headboardRussell (Christ Church) Churchyard (NZHistory)Symonds Street CemeteryLocation: AucklandSites we look after:Grave of Captain William HobsonHeadstone of Lt Alexander MitchellAnglican commemorative wall and patioCatholic commemorative wall and patioSymonds Street Cemetery records (Heritage NZ)Symonds Street Cemetery (NZHistory)Te Hurinui Apanui MemorialLocation: corner The Strand and Commerce Streets, WhakātaneSite we look after:Memorial to Te Hurinui Apanui, a leading Ngāti Awa rangatira, comprising a five-metre high polished black granite obelisk topped by urn.Te Hurinui Apanui Memorial (Te Ara)Te Wheoro MonumentLocation: Waikato Riverbank near Maurea Marae, close to Rangiriri PāSite we look after:Memorial commemorating Chief Wiremu Te Wheoro.Waimate (St John’s) ChurchyardLocation: 21 kilometres north-east of KaikoheSites we look after:Graves of servicemen killed in the New Zealand Wars:Pte John Ingate, 58th Regt, died 12 September 1845Ptes William Stewart and Matthew Hodgkins, 58th Regt, killed in assault on Hone Heke’s pā at Ōhaeawai, 1 July 1845Captain William Grant 58th RegtLt Edward Beattie, 99th Regt and Lt George Philpotts HMS Hazard who died in the assault on Hone Heke’s pā 1 July 184510 graves of early settlers and missionariesHemi RuataraArthur Spencer Taylor (son of Rev Taylor CMS Waitangi) died 1840Rev R Davis family plotGeorge HobbsDr H W Watling and wife EmilyRev WhyteheadWilliam Davis (son of Rev Davis) and Mary DavisGeorge Clarke family plotW P Kemp and familyWilliam Spence King family plot.Wi Pere MemorialLocation: Reads Quay, GisborneSite we look after:Memorial commemorating Hon Wi Pere, Māori statesman, 1837–1915.Wi Pere Memorial (NZHistory)