Te Kapa Cemetery in Mahurangi, Auckland

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Get directions 70 Miller Way, Martins Bay
Mahurangi, Auckland Council, Auckland 0920 New Zealand

Coordinates: -36.45119, 174.75029
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Te Kapa Cemetery is located on Miller Way approximately 1km from the Martins Bay Road and 13km from State Highway 1. Miller Way is an unsealed road. There is limited parking within the cemetery and a turn around area. Auckland Council manage the cemetery.

A small area of the Davie-Martin farm was fenced off to form the cemetery and several of that family are buried here. The Governor of New Zealand, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow appointed George Scandrett, Richard Goldsworthy, James Tozer and Adam Davie-Martin as trustees of the cemetery for maintenance purposses. It was known as Section No.195, Parish of Mahurangi, Mahurangi Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. The appointment was dated 1st November 1889. From existing headstone information, this occurred after the first two burials.

The cemetery is divided into six zones - Ash Area, Ash Lawn, Lawn Burial, Public Burial Sections 1-3. The earliest burial recorded is 1882 (Samuel Snell). The cemetery is still in operation (July 2021). The early families buried in the cemetery are referred to in the book "The Rock and the Sky: The Story of Rodney County" H. Mabbett.