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You can learn a lot about people from how they memorialised themselves, their families and friends - and of course the nation. 185 years of memorials here span nostalgia for the homeland, great achievements in the new country, national grieving, and more modern approaches - including 'Sunday lunch with Grandpa', and tribal and gang associations.
National War Memorial
National War Memorial
Wellington Cenotaph
Wellington Cenotaph
Bolton Street Cemetery
Bolton Street Cemetery
A rather authoritarian memorial to a Prime Minister from the 1920s. The Massey Memorial is rather out-of-favour these days, but it's interesting to see how they did these thigns back then. And if you can stand the slight unease, it's an amazing 'space' to stand in.
Porirua Cemetery
Porirua Cemetery
Whatever's said on the front of the memorial stone, the back may indicate other deeper affiliations.
The Mongrel Mob can be pretty nasty ... Ross Kemp even did an episode on them:
Ross Kemp on Gangs - New Zealand
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