The Tawa Flat Cemetery was developed here after Edward Gibbon
Wakefield gifted a quarter acre (0.61 hectare) fronting Porirua
Road to the Anglican Bishop of Wellington in December 1861 for
"religious, educational and charitable purposes".
The small church called St Peters's was built on the site five
years later and the first burials took place in the churchyard in
April and May 1867.
The church served the community for more than 30 years before
being moved by bullock cart to Porirua and renamed St Anne's in
1902. The Porirua area has being growing since the 1880's due
mainly to the development of what is now known as Porirua Hospital,
and the church was needed there to serve the expanding population.
It was replaced in 1942 when a new St Anne's was built and was
eventually demolished in 1955 as part of the motorway
construction.
Once the church was gone, only a few burials took place here,
the last in 1952. The cemetery became the responsibility of the
Tawa Borough Council and was officially closed in 1978.
To find the cache you do not have to enter the cemetery if you
don't want to, but it is really worth the effort to visit and pay
your respect to the former pioneers of this region. Please also
stay on the footpath as there is no need to do any climbing. The
cache a 300ml Xeonic container contained the following items.
Logbook
Pencil and Sharpner
Paddington's Pilgrimage Travel Bug
Glass Marble
Glass Fish
Toys X2
Please NOTE that you must sign the
logbook for each individual cachers or proof of a photo for group
logs, otherwise your log may be deleted. Please hide the cache
exactly how you found it as we don't really want it to get muggled
as this can be a HIGH MUGGLE area.