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	'''O'Neill's Point Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery and reserve located in ]. It is a 3.4 hectare tract of land that extends from Bayswater Ave, down to the shore of ]. Across from it is Bayswater Park. There is a walking and cycling track that runs beside the cemetery that connects Bayswater to ] and ] to the north and south respectively.		'''O'Neill's Point Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery and reserve located in ]. It is a 3.4 hectare tract of land that extends from Bayswater Ave, down to the shore of ]. Across from it is Bayswater Park. There is a walking and cycling track that runs beside the cemetery that connects Bayswater to ] and ] to the north and south respectively.

	Built in 1891, O'Neill's acted as a second-generation cemetery to the '''Mount Victoria Cemetery''' in Devonport after this site raised health and safety concern for its proximity to the local residences<ref name=":4">{{Cite news \|date=26 January 1877 \|title=Trinity Church, Devonport, North Shore \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18770126.2.21 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=2 \|volume=XIV \|issue=4741}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news \|date=23 August 1890 \|title=Cemetery Scandals \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO18900823.2.3 \|work=Observer \|page=3 \|volume=X \|issue=608}}</ref>. The cemetery is listed on the Heritage New Zealand List as a category 1 heritage site<ref>{{Cite web \|title=O'Neill's Point Cemetery \|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/9394/O%E2%80%99Neill%E2%80%99s-Point-Cemetery \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga}}</ref>. It is noted as particularly significant as it contains the final resting place of many prominent early New Zealanders as well as WWI veterans of Pacific and Māori background who were trained at Narrowneck Camp.		Built in 1891, O'Neill's acted as a second-generation cemetery to the '''Mount Victoria Cemetery''' in Devonport after this site raised health and safety concern for its proximity to the local residences.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news \|date=26 January 1877 \|title=Trinity Church, Devonport, North Shore \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18770126.2.21 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=2 \|volume=XIV \|issue=4741}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news \|date=23 August 1890 \|title=Cemetery Scandals \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO18900823.2.3 \|work=Observer \|page=3 \|volume=X \|issue=608}}</ref> The cemetery is listed on the Heritage New Zealand List as a category 1 heritage site.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=O'Neill's Point Cemetery \|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/9394/O%E2%80%99Neill%E2%80%99s-Point-Cemetery \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga}}</ref> It is noted as particularly significant as it contains the final resting place of many prominent early New Zealanders as well as WWI veterans of Pacific and Māori background who were trained at Narrowneck Camp.

	== History ==		== History ==
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	In 1895, more grave plots were added to the existing plots, and in 1897, a mortuary chapel was constructed.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 April 1895 \|title=Borough Councils \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18950418.2.59 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=6 \|volume=XXXII \|issue=9797}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news \|date=14 July 1897 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18970714.2.7 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XXVIII \|issue=162}}</ref> It was designed by Edward Bartley in the ] style. Further plots were added in 1903.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news \|date=20 May 1903 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19030520.2.14 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=3 \|volume=XL \|issue=12275}}</ref>		In 1895, more grave plots were added to the existing plots, and in 1897, a mortuary chapel was constructed.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 April 1895 \|title=Borough Councils \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18950418.2.59 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=6 \|volume=XXXII \|issue=9797}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news \|date=14 July 1897 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18970714.2.7 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XXVIII \|issue=162}}</ref> It was designed by Edward Bartley in the ] style. Further plots were added in 1903.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news \|date=20 May 1903 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19030520.2.14 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=3 \|volume=XL \|issue=12275}}</ref>

	In 1910, a wharf was built at the end of the Bayswater peninsula with regular steam ferry services to Auckland city.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|date=18 September 1909 \|title=By Ferry and Tram to Takapuna \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19090918.2.78 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=XL \|issue=223}}</ref> A tram service connected this ferry terminal to ].<ref name=":2" /> Because of increased access to the peninsula and an increase population, the Bayswater peninsula began to grow in popularity as a residential area.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=30 December 1912 \|title=Auckland's Death Roll \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19121230.2.49 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=6 \|volume=XLIII \|issue=311}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=17 September 1909 \|title=Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19090917.2.99.4 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=8 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=14168}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2 January 1913 \|title=Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19130102.2.90.2 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=L \|issue=15190}}</ref> By the 1930's, the cemetery became increasingly full, and therefore the amount of people interred at the cemetery decreased significantly.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=9 October 1931 \|title=New Cemetery Desired \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19311009.2.96 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=LXVIII \|issue=20999}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news \|date=18 August 1938 \|title="Like Ned Kelly \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19380818.2.125 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=LXIX \|issue=194}}</ref> Petitions to increase the size of the cemetery as well as add a crematorium were opposed by the Takapuna Council, who now had jurisdiction over the land surrounding the cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 February 1932 \|title=Takapuna Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320218.2.33 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=5 \|volume=LXIII \|issue=41}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> This decrease in internments led to the demolition of the mortuary chapel some time before 1959.		In 1910, a wharf was built at the end of the Bayswater peninsula with regular steam ferry services to Auckland city.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|date=18 September 1909 \|title=By Ferry and Tram to Takapuna \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19090918.2.78 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=XL \|issue=223}}</ref> A tram service connected this ferry terminal to ].<ref name=":2" /> Because of increased access to the peninsula and an increase population, the Bayswater peninsula began to grow in popularity as a residential area.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=30 December 1912 \|title=Auckland's Death Roll \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19121230.2.49 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=6 \|volume=XLIII \|issue=311}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=17 September 1909 \|title=Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19090917.2.99.4 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=8 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=14168}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2 January 1913 \|title=Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19130102.2.90.2 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=L \|issue=15190}}</ref> By the 1930's, the cemetery became increasingly full, and therefore the amount of people interred at the cemetery decreased significantly.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=9 October 1931 \|title=New Cemetery Desired \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19311009.2.96 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=LXVIII \|issue=20999}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news \|date=18 August 1938 \|title=Like Ned Kelly \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19380818.2.125 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=LXIX \|issue=194}}</ref> Petitions to increase the size of the cemetery as well as add a crematorium were opposed by the Takapuna Council, who now had jurisdiction over the land surrounding the cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 February 1932 \|title=Takapuna Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320218.2.33 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=5 \|volume=LXIII \|issue=41}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> This decrease in internments led to the demolition of the mortuary chapel some time before 1959.
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	The ownership of the cemetery transferred to the City of Takapuna in 1972, and in 1974, the North Shore Memorial Park opened for burials for people from the broader ] area, which had grown substantially after the construction of the ]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Auckland Harbour Bridge \|url=https://www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/heritage-records/auckland-harbour-bridge/#:~:text=Having%20successfully%20navigated%20various%20construction,Cobham%2C%20on%20May%2030%201959. \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Engineering New Zealand}}</ref> At this point, the cemetery became open only to burials within existing family plots.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Oneill's Cemetery Park \|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/pages/cemetery-location-details.aspx?LocationId=851 \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Council Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau}}</ref>		The ownership of the cemetery transferred to the City of Takapuna in 1972, and in 1974, the North Shore Memorial Park opened for burials for people from the broader ] area, which had grown substantially after the construction of the ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Auckland Harbour Bridge \|url=https://www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/heritage-records/auckland-harbour-bridge/#:~:text=Having%20successfully%20navigated%20various%20construction,Cobham%2C%20on%20May%2030%201959. \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Engineering New Zealand}}</ref> At this point, the cemetery became open only to burials within existing family plots.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Oneill's Cemetery Park \|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/pages/cemetery-location-details.aspx?LocationId=851 \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Council Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau}}</ref>

	== Significance ==		== Significance ==
	As one of the first cemeteries in the Auckland area, O'Neill's Point Cemetery is the resting place of many notable figures in early Auckland history.		As one of the first cemeteries in the Auckland area, O'Neill's Point Cemetery is the resting place of many notable figures in early Auckland history.

	This cemetery has distinct significance in ] history in 20th century Auckland as the main burial site in New Zealand for ] soldiers who served in ]. One tenth of the Pacific Island ] soldiers buried are there.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage \|date=5 August 2021 \|title=Roll of Honour \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/roll-of-honour \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History}}</ref> It is especially significant as many other sites connected to early Pacific Island history in New Zealand no longer exist. These Pacific Island soldiers are buried here due to the cemetery's proximity to the Narrowneck Military Camp, where many Māori and Pacific Island soldiers were trained before leaving to war<ref>{{Cite web \|first= \|date=18 October 2021 \|title=Pacific Islanders in the NZEF \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/niueans \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History \|publisher=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}</ref>. Tragically, many of these men never left the Narrowneck Camp because many died of the ] in 1918.		This cemetery has distinct significance in ] history in 20th century Auckland as the main burial site in New Zealand for ] soldiers who served in ]. One tenth of the Pacific Island ] soldiers buried are there.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage \|date=5 August 2021 \|title=Roll of Honour \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/roll-of-honour \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History}}</ref> It is especially significant as many other sites connected to early Pacific Island history in New Zealand no longer exist. These Pacific Island soldiers are buried here due to the cemetery's proximity to the Narrowneck Military Camp, where many Māori and Pacific Island soldiers were trained before leaving to war.<ref>{{Cite web \|first= \|date=18 October 2021 \|title=Pacific Islanders in the NZEF \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/niueans \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History \|publisher=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}</ref> Tragically, many of these men never left the Narrowneck Camp because many died of the ] in 1918.

	== Notable burials ==		== Notable burials ==

	=== Christian figures ===		=== Christian figures ===
	* ''']''' (1803-1892) and ''']''' (1812-1891) ''']''': Key figures in the growth of Catholicism in New Zealand. Celebrated the first Catholic mass in New Zealand in their home in Hokianga<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Special Locations \|url=https://hokiangapompallier.org.nz/special-locations/ \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Pompallier Hokianga Trust}}</ref>.		* ''']''' (1803-1892) and ''']''' (1812-1891) ''']''': Key figures in the growth of Catholicism in New Zealand. Celebrated the first Catholic mass in New Zealand in their home in Hokianga.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Special Locations \|url=https://hokiangapompallier.org.nz/special-locations/ \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Pompallier Hokianga Trust}}</ref>
	* ''']''' (1837-1902): Archdeacon of South Melanesia and missionary of the Melanesian Mission for 40 years<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 December 2023 \|title= \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-72034 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* ''']''' (1837-1902): Archdeacon of South Melanesia and missionary of the Melanesian Mission for 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 December 2023 \|title= \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-72034 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>

	=== Military personnel ===		=== Military personnel ===

	* '''Private Vilipate''' (1893-1915): First Pacific Islander military death. Vilipate was from Niue and died of pneumonia after he arrived in New Zealand<ref>{{Cite news \|date=27 December 1915 \|title=SOLDIERS' DEATHS \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19151227.2.15 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=307}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Vilipate \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33851?srt=relevance&n=Vilipate&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Vilipate''' (1893-1915): First Pacific Islander military death. Vilipate was from Niue and died of pneumonia after he arrived in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=27 December 1915 \|title=SOLDIERS' DEATHS \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19151227.2.15 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=307}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Vilipate \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33851?srt=relevance&n=Vilipate&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Sergeant Beni Banaba''' (1890-1917): Came from an important chiefly family in Manihiri in the Cook Islands. Served in Egypt and Palestine between 1916 - 1917. Died of tuberculosis<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Beni Banaba \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C675?pob=Pacific+Islands&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fcustom-search&ordinal=20&lang=en-nz \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Sergeant Beni Banaba''' (1890-1917): Came from an important chiefly family in Manihiri in the Cook Islands. Served in Egypt and Palestine between 1916 - 1917. Died of tuberculosis.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Beni Banaba \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C675?pob=Pacific+Islands&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fcustom-search&ordinal=20&lang=en-nz \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>

	=== 1918 Flu epidemic casualties ===		=== 1918 Flu epidemic casualties ===
	* '''Private Mannao (Manuao) Fati''' (1880-1918): From Tuvalu<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Manuao Fati \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33052?n=mannao&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Mannao (Manuao) Fati''' (1880-1918): From Tuvalu.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Manuao Fati \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33052?n=mannao&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Private Tonuia''' (1891-1918): From Tuvalu<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tonuia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17666?n=tonuia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Tonuia''' (1891-1918): From Tuvalu.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tonuia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17666?n=tonuia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Private Laliqapata Illitomasi''' (1891-1918): From Fiji<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Laliqapata Ilitomasi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33120?n=Ilitomasi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Laliqapata Illitomasi''' (1891-1918): From Fiji.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Laliqapata Ilitomasi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33120?n=Ilitomasi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Te Hapa Ihaia''' (c. 1893-1919): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Te Apa Ihaia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17631?n=te+apa+ihaia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=King \|first=Michael \|title=Te Puea: A Biography \|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton Ltd \|year=1977 \|isbn=0340224827 \|location=Auckland \|pages=91–97}}</ref>.		* '''Te Hapa Ihaia''' (c. 1893-1919): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Te Apa Ihaia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17631?n=te+apa+ihaia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=King \|first=Michael \|title=Te Puea: A Biography \|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton Ltd \|year=1977 \|isbn=0340224827 \|location=Auckland \|pages=91–97}}</ref>
	* '''Tame Tahi''' (d.1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tame Tahi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17662?n=tame+tahi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><big>.</big>		* '''Tame Tahi''' (died 1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tame Tahi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17662?n=tame+tahi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><big>.</big>
	* '''Kiri Toto''' (c.1895-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Kiri Toto \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17667?n=kiri+toto&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />		* '''Kiri Toto''' (c.1895-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Kiri Toto \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17667?n=kiri+toto&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
	* '''Rupena Hihi''' (c.1891-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Rupena Hihi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17630?n=rupena+hihi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />.		* '''Rupena Hihi''' (c.1891-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Rupena Hihi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17630?n=rupena+hihi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
	* '''Isabelle Maude (Maud) Manning''' (1870-1918): Volunteered to look after the Māori and Pasifika troops who caught the flu. Died of the flu herself<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Passed Away \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19181119.2.19 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=3 \|volume=XLIX \|issue=276}}</ref>.		* '''Isabelle Maude (Maud) Manning''' (1870-1918): Volunteered to look after the Māori and Pasifika troops who caught the flu. Died of the flu herself.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Passed Away \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19181119.2.19 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=3 \|volume=XLIX \|issue=276}}</ref>

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Cemetery in Auckland, New Zealand

O'Neill's Point Cemetery
Outside O'Neill's Point Cemetery at the lychgate Outside the cemetery, at the lychgate

Details
Established	1891
Location	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Coordinates	36°48′37″S 174°46′53″E / 36.81030°S 174.78128°E / -36.81030; 174.78128
Type	Historic
Find a Grave	O'Neill's Point Cemetery

Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Official name	O'Neill's Point Cemetery
Designated	7 July 2022
Reference no.	9394

O'Neill's Point Cemetery is a historic cemetery and reserve located in Bayswater, New Zealand. It is a 3.4 hectare tract of land that extends from Bayswater Ave, down to the shore of Shoal Bay. Across from it is Bayswater Park. There is a walking and cycling track that runs beside the cemetery that connects Bayswater to Takapuna and Devonport to the north and south respectively.

Built in 1891, O'Neill's acted as a second-generation cemetery to the Mount Victoria Cemetery in Devonport after this site raised health and safety concern for its proximity to the local residences. The cemetery is listed on the Heritage New Zealand List as a category 1 heritage site. It is noted as particularly significant as it contains the final resting place of many prominent early New Zealanders as well as WWI veterans of Pacific and Māori background who were trained at Narrowneck Camp.

History

The land the O'Neill's Point Cemetery was built on was given to the Devonport Borough council by James Frederick O'Neill to build a cemetery on in 1898. The need for a new cemetery came when the existing cemetery in Devonport, Mount Victoria Cemetery, raised health concerns from residents as it was located in the centre of the town. At this time, Bayswater was mostly vacant land and so was an appropriate place just outside of the Devonport area to set up a cemetery.

The cemetery's layout was designed by John Francis Boylan, a prominent engineer from the Auckland area. The plots formed a rectilinear grid that allowed for people to walk easily amongst the graves, which was lined with native trees. These plots were divided into Anglican, Catholic and Unsectarian sections. The cemetery was open for interments in August 1891.

In 1895, more grave plots were added to the existing plots, and in 1897, a mortuary chapel was constructed. It was designed by Edward Bartley in the Gothic Revival style. Further plots were added in 1903.

In 1910, a wharf was built at the end of the Bayswater peninsula with regular steam ferry services to Auckland city. A tram service connected this ferry terminal to Takapuna. Because of increased access to the peninsula and an increase population, the Bayswater peninsula began to grow in popularity as a residential area. By the 1930's, the cemetery became increasingly full, and therefore the amount of people interred at the cemetery decreased significantly. Petitions to increase the size of the cemetery as well as add a crematorium were opposed by the Takapuna Council, who now had jurisdiction over the land surrounding the cemetery. This decrease in internments led to the demolition of the mortuary chapel some time before 1959.

The ownership of the cemetery transferred to the City of Takapuna in 1972, and in 1974, the North Shore Memorial Park opened for burials for people from the broader North Shore area, which had grown substantially after the construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. At this point, the cemetery became open only to burials within existing family plots.

Significance

As one of the first cemeteries in the Auckland area, O'Neill's Point Cemetery is the resting place of many notable figures in early Auckland history.

This cemetery has distinct significance in Pacific Island history in 20th century Auckland as the main burial site in New Zealand for Pasifika soldiers who served in World War I. One tenth of the Pacific Island NZEF soldiers buried are there. It is especially significant as many other sites connected to early Pacific Island history in New Zealand no longer exist. These Pacific Island soldiers are buried here due to the cemetery's proximity to the Narrowneck Military Camp, where many Māori and Pacific Island soldiers were trained before leaving to war. Tragically, many of these men never left the Narrowneck Camp because many died of the Flu Pandemic in 1918.

Notable burials

Christian figures

Thomas (1803-1892) and Mary (1812-1891) Poynton: Key figures in the growth of Catholicism in New Zealand. Celebrated the first Catholic mass in New Zealand in their home in Hokianga.
John Palmer (1837-1902): Archdeacon of South Melanesia and missionary of the Melanesian Mission for 40 years.

Military personnel

Private Vilipate (1893-1915): First Pacific Islander military death. Vilipate was from Niue and died of pneumonia after he arrived in New Zealand.
Sergeant Beni Banaba (1890-1917): Came from an important chiefly family in Manihiri in the Cook Islands. Served in Egypt and Palestine between 1916 - 1917. Died of tuberculosis.

1918 Flu epidemic casualties

Private Mannao (Manuao) Fati (1880-1918): From Tuvalu.
Private Tonuia (1891-1918): From Tuvalu.
Private Laliqapata Illitomasi (1891-1918): From Fiji.
Te Hapa Ihaia (c. 1893-1919): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea.
Tame Tahi (died 1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea.
Kiri Toto (c.1895-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea
Rupena Hihi (c.1891-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea.
Isabelle Maude (Maud) Manning (1870-1918): Volunteered to look after the Māori and Pasifika troops who caught the flu. Died of the flu herself.

Gravestones

Gallery

Inside O'Neill's Cemetery

Reference List

^ "Trinity Church, Devonport, North Shore". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XIV, no. 4741. 26 January 1877. p. 2.
^ "Cemetery Scandals". Observer. Vol. X, no. 608. 23 August 1890. p. 3.
"O'Neill's Point Cemetery". Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
"Borough Council Meetings: Devonport". Vol. XX, no. 293. Auckland Star. p. 5.
"Boylan, John Francis 1850-1922". National Library of New Zealand.
^ "The Devonport Cemetery". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XXII, no. 7431. 12 September 1885. p. 5.
"Page 1 Advertisements Column 4". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8628. 25 July 1891. p. 1.
"Borough Councils". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XXXII, no. 9797. 18 April 1895. p. 6.
^ "Devonport Borough Council". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVIII, no. 162. 14 July 1897. p. 2.
"Devonport Borough Council". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XL, no. 12275. 20 May 1903. p. 3.
^ "By Ferry and Tram to Takapuna". Auckland Star. Vol. XL, no. 223. 18 September 1909. p. 11.
"Auckland's Death Roll". Auckland Star. Vol. XLIII, no. 311. 30 December 1912. p. 6.
"Page 8 Advertisements Column 4". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XLVI, no. 14168. 17 September 1909. p. 8.
"Page 10 Advertisements Column 2". New Zealand Herald. Vol. L, no. 15190. 2 January 1913. p. 10.
"New Cemetery Desired". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXVIII, no. 20999. 9 October 1931. p. 10.
^ "Like Ned Kelly". Auckland Star. Vol. LXIX, no. 194. 18 August 1938. p. 11.
"Takapuna Council". Auckland Star. Vol. LXIII, no. 41. 18 February 1932. p. 5.
"Auckland Harbour Bridge". Engineering New Zealand. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
"Oneill's Cemetery Park". Auckland Council Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage (5 August 2021). "Roll of Honour". New Zealand History. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Pacific Islanders in the NZEF". New Zealand History. Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Special Locations". Pompallier Hokianga Trust. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"[Melanesia, Archdeacon John Palmer, under a tree]". Auckland Museum. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"SOLDIERS' DEATHS". Auckland Star. Vol. XLVI, no. 307. 27 December 1915. p. 2.
"Vilipate". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Beni Banaba". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Manuao Fati". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Tonuia". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Laliqapata Ilitomasi". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Te Apa Ihaia". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ King, Michael (1977). Te Puea: A Biography. Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. pp. 91–97. ISBN 0340224827.
"Tame Tahi". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
"Kiri Toto". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
"Rupena Hihi". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
"Passed Away". Auckland Star. Vol. XLIX, no. 276. p. 3. Retrieved 9 December 2024.

External links

v t e Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area, Auckland, New Zealand
Populated places	Bayswater Belmont Castor Bay Devonport Forrest Hill Hauraki Milford Narrow Neck Stanley Point Sunnynook Takapuna
Geographic features	Lake Pupuke Mt Victoria North Head Shoal Bay Takapuna Fossil Forest
Facilities and attractions	Devonport Museum O'Neill's Point Cemetery The PumpHouse Theatre Torpedo Bay Navy Museum Victoria Theatre
Government	Auckland Council Devonport-Takapuna Local Board North Shore ward North Shore City Council (defunct)
Organisations	North Shore United AFC Takapuna AFC

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	'''O'Neill's Point Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery and reserve located in ]. It is a 3.4 hectare tract of land that extends from Bayswater Ave, down to the shore of ]. Across from it is Bayswater Park. There is a walking and cycling track that runs beside the cemetery that connects Bayswater to ] and ] to the north and south respectively.		'''O'Neill's Point Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery and reserve located in ]. It is a 3.4 hectare tract of land that extends from Bayswater Ave, down to the shore of ]. Across from it is Bayswater Park. There is a walking and cycling track that runs beside the cemetery that connects Bayswater to ] and ] to the north and south respectively.

	Built in 1891, O'Neill's acted as a second-generation cemetery to the '''Mount Victoria Cemetery''' in Devonport after this site raised health and safety concern for its proximity to the local residences<ref name=":4">{{Cite news \|date=26 January 1877 \|title=Trinity Church, Devonport, North Shore \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18770126.2.21 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=2 \|volume=XIV \|issue=4741}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news \|date=23 August 1890 \|title=Cemetery Scandals \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO18900823.2.3 \|work=Observer \|page=3 \|volume=X \|issue=608}}</ref>. The cemetery is listed on the Heritage New Zealand List as a category 1 heritage site<ref>{{Cite web \|title=O'Neill's Point Cemetery \|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/9394/O%E2%80%99Neill%E2%80%99s-Point-Cemetery \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga}}</ref>. It is noted as particularly significant as it contains the final resting place of many prominent early New Zealanders as well as WWI veterans of Pacific and Māori background who were trained at Narrowneck Camp.		Built in 1891, O'Neill's acted as a second-generation cemetery to the '''Mount Victoria Cemetery''' in Devonport after this site raised health and safety concern for its proximity to the local residences.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news \|date=26 January 1877 \|title=Trinity Church, Devonport, North Shore \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18770126.2.21 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=2 \|volume=XIV \|issue=4741}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news \|date=23 August 1890 \|title=Cemetery Scandals \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO18900823.2.3 \|work=Observer \|page=3 \|volume=X \|issue=608}}</ref> The cemetery is listed on the Heritage New Zealand List as a category 1 heritage site.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=O'Neill's Point Cemetery \|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/9394/O%E2%80%99Neill%E2%80%99s-Point-Cemetery \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga}}</ref> It is noted as particularly significant as it contains the final resting place of many prominent early New Zealanders as well as WWI veterans of Pacific and Māori background who were trained at Narrowneck Camp.

	== History ==		== History ==
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	In 1895, more grave plots were added to the existing plots, and in 1897, a mortuary chapel was constructed.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 April 1895 \|title=Borough Councils \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18950418.2.59 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=6 \|volume=XXXII \|issue=9797}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news \|date=14 July 1897 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18970714.2.7 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XXVIII \|issue=162}}</ref> It was designed by Edward Bartley in the ] style. Further plots were added in 1903.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news \|date=20 May 1903 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19030520.2.14 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=3 \|volume=XL \|issue=12275}}</ref>		In 1895, more grave plots were added to the existing plots, and in 1897, a mortuary chapel was constructed.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 April 1895 \|title=Borough Councils \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18950418.2.59 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=6 \|volume=XXXII \|issue=9797}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news \|date=14 July 1897 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18970714.2.7 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XXVIII \|issue=162}}</ref> It was designed by Edward Bartley in the ] style. Further plots were added in 1903.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news \|date=20 May 1903 \|title=Devonport Borough Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19030520.2.14 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=3 \|volume=XL \|issue=12275}}</ref>

	In 1910, a wharf was built at the end of the Bayswater peninsula with regular steam ferry services to Auckland city.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|date=18 September 1909 \|title=By Ferry and Tram to Takapuna \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19090918.2.78 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=XL \|issue=223}}</ref> A tram service connected this ferry terminal to ].<ref name=":2" /> Because of increased access to the peninsula and an increase population, the Bayswater peninsula began to grow in popularity as a residential area.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=30 December 1912 \|title=Auckland's Death Roll \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19121230.2.49 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=6 \|volume=XLIII \|issue=311}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=17 September 1909 \|title=Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19090917.2.99.4 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=8 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=14168}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2 January 1913 \|title=Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19130102.2.90.2 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=L \|issue=15190}}</ref> By the 1930's, the cemetery became increasingly full, and therefore the amount of people interred at the cemetery decreased significantly.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=9 October 1931 \|title=New Cemetery Desired \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19311009.2.96 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=LXVIII \|issue=20999}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news \|date=18 August 1938 \|title="Like Ned Kelly \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19380818.2.125 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=LXIX \|issue=194}}</ref> Petitions to increase the size of the cemetery as well as add a crematorium were opposed by the Takapuna Council, who now had jurisdiction over the land surrounding the cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 February 1932 \|title=Takapuna Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320218.2.33 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=5 \|volume=LXIII \|issue=41}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> This decrease in internments led to the demolition of the mortuary chapel some time before 1959.		In 1910, a wharf was built at the end of the Bayswater peninsula with regular steam ferry services to Auckland city.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|date=18 September 1909 \|title=By Ferry and Tram to Takapuna \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19090918.2.78 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=XL \|issue=223}}</ref> A tram service connected this ferry terminal to ].<ref name=":2" /> Because of increased access to the peninsula and an increase population, the Bayswater peninsula began to grow in popularity as a residential area.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=30 December 1912 \|title=Auckland's Death Roll \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19121230.2.49 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=6 \|volume=XLIII \|issue=311}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=17 September 1909 \|title=Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19090917.2.99.4 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=8 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=14168}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2 January 1913 \|title=Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19130102.2.90.2 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=L \|issue=15190}}</ref> By the 1930's, the cemetery became increasingly full, and therefore the amount of people interred at the cemetery decreased significantly.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=9 October 1931 \|title=New Cemetery Desired \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19311009.2.96 \|work=New Zealand Herald \|page=10 \|volume=LXVIII \|issue=20999}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news \|date=18 August 1938 \|title=Like Ned Kelly \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19380818.2.125 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=11 \|volume=LXIX \|issue=194}}</ref> Petitions to increase the size of the cemetery as well as add a crematorium were opposed by the Takapuna Council, who now had jurisdiction over the land surrounding the cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 February 1932 \|title=Takapuna Council \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320218.2.33 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=5 \|volume=LXIII \|issue=41}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> This decrease in internments led to the demolition of the mortuary chapel some time before 1959.
	]		]
	The ownership of the cemetery transferred to the City of Takapuna in 1972, and in 1974, the North Shore Memorial Park opened for burials for people from the broader ] area, which had grown substantially after the construction of the ]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Auckland Harbour Bridge \|url=https://www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/heritage-records/auckland-harbour-bridge/#:~:text=Having%20successfully%20navigated%20various%20construction,Cobham%2C%20on%20May%2030%201959. \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Engineering New Zealand}}</ref> At this point, the cemetery became open only to burials within existing family plots.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Oneill's Cemetery Park \|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/pages/cemetery-location-details.aspx?LocationId=851 \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Council Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau}}</ref>		The ownership of the cemetery transferred to the City of Takapuna in 1972, and in 1974, the North Shore Memorial Park opened for burials for people from the broader ] area, which had grown substantially after the construction of the ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Auckland Harbour Bridge \|url=https://www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/heritage-records/auckland-harbour-bridge/#:~:text=Having%20successfully%20navigated%20various%20construction,Cobham%2C%20on%20May%2030%201959. \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Engineering New Zealand}}</ref> At this point, the cemetery became open only to burials within existing family plots.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Oneill's Cemetery Park \|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/pages/cemetery-location-details.aspx?LocationId=851 \|access-date=3 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Council Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau}}</ref>

	== Significance ==		== Significance ==
	As one of the first cemeteries in the Auckland area, O'Neill's Point Cemetery is the resting place of many notable figures in early Auckland history.		As one of the first cemeteries in the Auckland area, O'Neill's Point Cemetery is the resting place of many notable figures in early Auckland history.

	This cemetery has distinct significance in ] history in 20th century Auckland as the main burial site in New Zealand for ] soldiers who served in ]. One tenth of the Pacific Island ] soldiers buried are there.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage \|date=5 August 2021 \|title=Roll of Honour \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/roll-of-honour \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History}}</ref> It is especially significant as many other sites connected to early Pacific Island history in New Zealand no longer exist. These Pacific Island soldiers are buried here due to the cemetery's proximity to the Narrowneck Military Camp, where many Māori and Pacific Island soldiers were trained before leaving to war<ref>{{Cite web \|first= \|date=18 October 2021 \|title=Pacific Islanders in the NZEF \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/niueans \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History \|publisher=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}</ref>. Tragically, many of these men never left the Narrowneck Camp because many died of the ] in 1918.		This cemetery has distinct significance in ] history in 20th century Auckland as the main burial site in New Zealand for ] soldiers who served in ]. One tenth of the Pacific Island ] soldiers buried are there.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage \|date=5 August 2021 \|title=Roll of Honour \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/roll-of-honour \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History}}</ref> It is especially significant as many other sites connected to early Pacific Island history in New Zealand no longer exist. These Pacific Island soldiers are buried here due to the cemetery's proximity to the Narrowneck Military Camp, where many Māori and Pacific Island soldiers were trained before leaving to war.<ref>{{Cite web \|first= \|date=18 October 2021 \|title=Pacific Islanders in the NZEF \|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef/niueans \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=New Zealand History \|publisher=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}</ref> Tragically, many of these men never left the Narrowneck Camp because many died of the ] in 1918.

	== Notable burials ==		== Notable burials ==

	=== Christian figures ===		=== Christian figures ===
	* ''']''' (1803-1892) and ''']''' (1812-1891) ''']''': Key figures in the growth of Catholicism in New Zealand. Celebrated the first Catholic mass in New Zealand in their home in Hokianga<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Special Locations \|url=https://hokiangapompallier.org.nz/special-locations/ \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Pompallier Hokianga Trust}}</ref>.		* ''']''' (1803-1892) and ''']''' (1812-1891) ''']''': Key figures in the growth of Catholicism in New Zealand. Celebrated the first Catholic mass in New Zealand in their home in Hokianga.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Special Locations \|url=https://hokiangapompallier.org.nz/special-locations/ \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Pompallier Hokianga Trust}}</ref>
	* ''']''' (1837-1902): Archdeacon of South Melanesia and missionary of the Melanesian Mission for 40 years<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 December 2023 \|title= \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-72034 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* ''']''' (1837-1902): Archdeacon of South Melanesia and missionary of the Melanesian Mission for 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 December 2023 \|title= \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-72034 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>

	=== Military personnel ===		=== Military personnel ===

	* '''Private Vilipate''' (1893-1915): First Pacific Islander military death. Vilipate was from Niue and died of pneumonia after he arrived in New Zealand<ref>{{Cite news \|date=27 December 1915 \|title=SOLDIERS' DEATHS \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19151227.2.15 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=307}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Vilipate \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33851?srt=relevance&n=Vilipate&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Vilipate''' (1893-1915): First Pacific Islander military death. Vilipate was from Niue and died of pneumonia after he arrived in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=27 December 1915 \|title=SOLDIERS' DEATHS \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19151227.2.15 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=2 \|volume=XLVI \|issue=307}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Vilipate \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33851?srt=relevance&n=Vilipate&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Sergeant Beni Banaba''' (1890-1917): Came from an important chiefly family in Manihiri in the Cook Islands. Served in Egypt and Palestine between 1916 - 1917. Died of tuberculosis<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Beni Banaba \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C675?pob=Pacific+Islands&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fcustom-search&ordinal=20&lang=en-nz \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Sergeant Beni Banaba''' (1890-1917): Came from an important chiefly family in Manihiri in the Cook Islands. Served in Egypt and Palestine between 1916 - 1917. Died of tuberculosis.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Beni Banaba \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C675?pob=Pacific+Islands&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fcustom-search&ordinal=20&lang=en-nz \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>

	=== 1918 Flu epidemic casualties ===		=== 1918 Flu epidemic casualties ===
	* '''Private Mannao (Manuao) Fati''' (1880-1918): From Tuvalu<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Manuao Fati \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33052?n=mannao&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Mannao (Manuao) Fati''' (1880-1918): From Tuvalu.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Manuao Fati \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33052?n=mannao&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Private Tonuia''' (1891-1918): From Tuvalu<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tonuia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17666?n=tonuia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Tonuia''' (1891-1918): From Tuvalu.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tonuia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17666?n=tonuia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Private Laliqapata Illitomasi''' (1891-1918): From Fiji<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Laliqapata Ilitomasi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33120?n=Ilitomasi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>.		* '''Private Laliqapata Illitomasi''' (1891-1918): From Fiji.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Laliqapata Ilitomasi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33120?n=Ilitomasi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=4 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref>
	* '''Te Hapa Ihaia''' (c. 1893-1919): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Te Apa Ihaia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17631?n=te+apa+ihaia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=King \|first=Michael \|title=Te Puea: A Biography \|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton Ltd \|year=1977 \|isbn=0340224827 \|location=Auckland \|pages=91–97}}</ref>.		* '''Te Hapa Ihaia''' (c. 1893-1919): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Te Apa Ihaia \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17631?n=te+apa+ihaia&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=King \|first=Michael \|title=Te Puea: A Biography \|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton Ltd \|year=1977 \|isbn=0340224827 \|location=Auckland \|pages=91–97}}</ref>
	* '''Tame Tahi''' (d.1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tame Tahi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17662?n=tame+tahi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><big>.</big>		* '''Tame Tahi''' (died 1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tame Tahi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17662?n=tame+tahi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><big>.</big>
	* '''Kiri Toto''' (c.1895-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Kiri Toto \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17667?n=kiri+toto&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />		* '''Kiri Toto''' (c.1895-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Kiri Toto \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17667?n=kiri+toto&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
	* '''Rupena Hihi''' (c.1891-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Rupena Hihi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17630?n=rupena+hihi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />.		* '''Rupena Hihi''' (c.1891-1918): Waikato Māori. Participated in passive resistance movement against engaging in warfare led by Te Puea.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Rupena Hihi \|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C17630?n=rupena+hihi&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|website=Auckland Museum}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
	* '''Isabelle Maude (Maud) Manning''' (1870-1918): Volunteered to look after the Māori and Pasifika troops who caught the flu. Died of the flu herself<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Passed Away \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19181119.2.19 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=3 \|volume=XLIX \|issue=276}}</ref>.		* '''Isabelle Maude (Maud) Manning''' (1870-1918): Volunteered to look after the Māori and Pasifika troops who caught the flu. Died of the flu herself.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Passed Away \|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19181119.2.19 \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|work=Auckland Star \|page=3 \|volume=XLIX \|issue=276}}</ref>

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