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Matahiia Cemetery

Ruatoria, Gisborne District, Gisborne, New Zealand

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Get directions Matahiia Road,
Ruatoria, Gisborne District, Gisborne New Zealand

Coordinates: -37.92433, 178.22987
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This small cemetery dates from 1887 and is located inland from Ruatoria about 130km North East of Gisborne. The last recorded burial was a member of the Boyce family in 1979. It closed due to flooding in 2010.

The descendants of all those buried were contacted after heavy rain in May last year eroded a large area of the small Gisborne District Council owned cemetery. The Mata River changed its course by about 100 metres washing away four graves from the catholic section of the cemetery.

After a blessing by Minister Boyce Te Maro, the remains from 18 graves were disinterred by Gisborne District Council from the eroding Matahiia Cemetery and the remains removed to Gisborne district cemeteries in Ruatoria, Te Puia and Taruheru. One family chose to have the remains cremated.

The relatives of James Percy who died 11 August 1917 aged 70 and Stuart John Wilson who died aged 2 years 3 months were not found and their remains have been reinterred in marked graves in Ruatoria Cemetery.

Matahiia Cemetery is maintained by Gisborne District Council who have a website with online burial records and headstone photographs that can be accessed at: http://www.gdc.govt.nz/cemeteries/

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