above: Our website e-memorial is now ten years old. A decade ago it was the first of its type. On its inception, Jock Phillips, Chief Historian for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage said 'This e-memorial helps us to give a human meaning to the names and lists on our war memorials, and to give the people of Katikati an intimate relationship with those who lived in their community a century ago. I congratulate all those involved in its preparation, and urge others in different communities around the nation to replicate the idea'.
Ten years later that has certainly happened, and there is now a wealth of family, military and historical information on the web.
Click here for more
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Anzac Bay (below) used to be called St George's Bay. The name was changed as a tribute to those who served and fell at Gallipoli. Those suggesting the name change noted how similar the bay at the Katikati Entrance was to the bay where so many had died. Not everybody was happy about the change. Click here for more.
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above: Bowentown and Matakana Island silhouetted against the morning sun. The mural is a section from Te Whanau a Tauwhao by Te Maari Gardiner. Bowentown was the original Katikati and home of the Whanau a Tauwhao people. The mural depicts the interconnectedness of these people, with their home, with Otawhiwhi and outlying islands, with their environment, with Tangaroa god of the sea, and with their ancestors and history.
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Unless otherwise credited, all images on this website by Kit Wilson or Sue Baker Wilson and copyright © Kestral Communications Ltd 2000–2012.
Mural images and the Haiku Pathway logo used with the permission of Katikati Open Air Art Inc.
A Little Corner of Ulster in New Zealand, Chapter One of Jasmine Rogers' Masters dissertation is used with permission.
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