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Kōrero: Wellington region

Karori Crematorium

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Karori Crematorium

Karori’s crematorium was the first in New Zealand. Opened in 1909, it has a chapel with six large, stained-glass windows, made in Ireland by the An Tur Gloine studio.

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Private collection

by Chris Maclean

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Chris Maclean, Wellington region – Boom and bust: 1900–1940, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13252/karori-crematorium (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Chris Maclean, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.