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Battle Hill Burial Ground

Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand

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Get directions Paekakariki Hill Road
PORIRUA
41km north of
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington 6006 New Zealand

Coordinates: -41.05786, 174.93528
www.pcc.govt.nz/pages/Home/A-Z-Services/Cemetery-and-Crematorium/Battle-Hill-Burial-Ground
64 4 237 5089
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There is a small burial ground in the
which is on the Paekakariki Hill - 41km north of Wellington, located under the trees near the picnic area, along with several well-preserved headstones.

The following is a list of those buried there:

Maori War Memorial to
ROBERTS, - William, leading seaman of the HMS Calliope
TUITE, - Thomas, Private, 6th August 1846

Also:
The Abbott family as early settlers & original owners of the land:
ABBOTT - Maria 17th May 1867 aged 32
ABBOTT - Delia 16th December 1877 aged 6
ABBOTT - Henry 3rd June 1882 aged 84
ABBOTT - Henry jnr, 22nd May 1883 aged 46

Read the notes under Henry Abbott for a story of the Battle fought here in August 1846 between Ngâti Toa Mâori, and a colonial force of European troops, police, and Ngâti Awa allies.

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