1918 Influenza Project Karori Cemetery

1918 Influenza Project Karori Cemetery A 2-year project to renovate the graves sites of more than 700 people buried in Karori Cemetery during the 1918 influenza epidemic.

More than 650 people succumbed to influenza during November and December 1918, and were buried in Karori Cemetery. Their graves are untended and more or less lost from the collective memory so this 2-year project intends to restore and remember those who died, cleaning and tidying their plots, cleaning their headstones, and researching the family histories of 75 of them. The work will be done by v

olunteers, in working bees for 2 hours each month, in association with the cemetery management and staff, and with the agreement and support of the Wellington City Council, owners of the cemetery. If you want to participate in working bees, or as a descendant/family member of someone who died, or to research family history, contact Barbara on [email protected]

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