A Matter of Grave Concern (Auckland) Multi-cache
tanetops: It has been quite some time since the last 'find' and it has been decided to archive the cache.
From past logs it proved to be a challenge, but one well worth the effort to achieve success.
Thanks to all geocachers who made the effort, successful or not.
A Matter of Grave Concern (Auckland)
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Visit seven graveyards during your journey through South and West Auckland. We have purposely selected areas and sites which describe the history of the earlier inhabitants, thus avoiding more recent personal tragedies. The final cache can be accessed 24/7. At the end location there is a café with facilities (only upto 16:30 hrs) and play ground for children.
This is a multi part cache where the above co-ordinates are for waypoint one, thereafter you choose the optimum route.
Wp-1: S 36 56.534
E 174 46.994
Subtract from age of Te Paea at her demise one twelfth of the number of complete calendar months that Te Paea outlived Henare.
Co-ordinate reference is the fourth letter of Henare’s surname.
Wp-2: S 36 52.308
E 174 34.997
Determine the difference between the sum of the day, month, year and age when Hugh Francis died and the sum of the day, month, year and age when Bridget died to which must be added the difference between the ages of Thomas and Lawrence; less one nineth part of the age of Hugh Francis.
Co-ordinate reference is the third letter of the name of the stonemason
Wp-3: S 36 54.403
E 174 39.120
Divide the age of Jane by the difference between the last year of Jane and that of George; less the day that Jane died.
Co-ordinate reference is the third letter of George’s surname.
Wp-4: S 36 55.371
E 174 47.098
Add to the age of the Capt of the Forecastle the day he died and subtract the sum of the day that the Reverend drowned and the difference between the years of their death.
Co-ordinate reference is the third letter of the name of the ship on which Perry sailed.
Wp-5: S 36 55.539
E 174 45.204
In the ‘Crowded House’ there are many residents. You must find the product of the square root of one fifth part of the difference between the number of Sisters Mary and the number of Mothers Mary (do not include Rev Mother Mary) and twice the square root of the sum of the day of departure for Euphrasia, Calasanctius, Alphonsus & Clotilde, to which result must be subtracted twice the difference between the sum of the month of departure for Nicephorus, Blandina and Gerapo and the sum of the month of departure for Alacoque, Dolahenty and Fidelis.
Co-ordinate reference is the third letter of the month in which Mother Mary Agnes died.
Wp-6: S 36 54.654
E 174 37.303
Divide the sum of half the age of William Thompson at his demise and the day that his son passed away by the difference between the age of William Thompson and day that he died.
Co-ordinate reference is the forth letter of the name of the river in the town where William Thompson spent his early days.
Wp-7: S 36 47.171
E 174 33.054
The product of: the difference between the age that John James died and the day that Herbert Ernest died, less the day that John James died; divided by half of the difference between the years of the death of John James and Herbert Earnest AND the sum of the difference between twice the age of Herbert Ernest and the age that John James died and the number of Nixons commemorated. To this result must be added the difference between the age of Catherine at her demise and that of Herbert Ernest
Co-ordinate reference is the middle letter of the middle name of Johnston Nixon
Wp-8: S 36 54.328
E 174 38.821
Determine the product of the difference between one fifth part of the age of Najibie and one sixth part of the age of Assid at their demise AND the month that Assid departed; less the square root of the difference between the day that Najibie was born and the day that Assid departed.
Co-ordinate reference is the third letter of the birthplace for Najibie.
South: U G R T
East: N W H B
The above co-ordinates take you to a point where the helpful hint will then guide you to final cache location.
Cache is a 200ml Sistema container
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[1.] Ba neeviny ng gur qrgrezvarq pb-beqvangrf lbh jvyy svaq n svar rknzcyr bs bar bs bhe zbfg raqrnevat angvir perngherf. Gnxr n fubeg jnyx va n jrfgreyl qverpgvba naq xrrc n xrra rlr bcra sbe gur xbjunv.
2) Orlbaq erfvqrf na neqrag nqzvere bs gur Xbjunv jvgu n qvfgvapgyl rppyrfvnfgvpny nccrnenapr.
Ab qbhog orvat fbzrjung jrnel sebz n zbfg qrznaqvat sbenl vagb gur jbeyq bs gur qrne qrcnegrq, n fubeg erfg arneol jbhyq cebivqr fbzr vafcvengvba juvyfg lbh rawbl n zncbh zbzrag.
Lbhe wbhearl vf ng na raq.