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Wooden headstone, Waimate North

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Wooden headstone, Waimate North

Carved wooden headstones are a notable feature of graveyards in Northland. This elaborate example is in the cemetery of the former mission station at Waimate North.

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Claudia Orange, Northland region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7979/wooden-headstone-waimate-north (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.