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COROMANDEL
TOWN
The Soldiers
Memorial in front of
the TCDC building
on Kapanga Road. It
was built in 1923 and
has names of those
who served and died
in WWI and WWII.
WHITIANGA
Whitianga Soldiers Memorial
Park monument located on
Blacksmith Lane. At one time
the park had a band shell.
This named plaque,
here adorned with
ANZAC Day poppies,
is located on the
monument just
outside the Tapu War
Memorial Hall.
KUAOTUNU
This handpainted
poster, The
Kuaotunu School
Roll of Honour,
hangs in the
Kuaotunu Hall.
The rough
hewn granite
monument at
center of the
Waihi Services
Cemetery
WWI MEMORIAL FORESTS PROJECTS BEGIN PLANTINGS
PAEROA
Memorials from the Boer War
and WWI were usually in the
form of monuments, statues,
or rolls of honour. Even the
playground at Thames was first
meant to be a war memorial.
After WWI, commmunities often
constructed War Memorial
multi-use halls instead, such as
this beautifully designed hall in
Paeroa. Inside, you can view a
wooden roll of honour.
WAIHI
Coromandel Area School students, Chaelyn
Croft (right) and Kaiya Kerrison stand with
RSA president Ian Franklyn, Councillor Tony
Brljevich and RSA members Frank Mead and
Kevin Stone at the Hauraki Road planting site.
Students and other volunteers planted about
100 trees in the ‘Supreme Sacrifice’ forest.
On 11 August, students from Moanataiari
School – plus others from Thames South,
St Francis, Parawai, and Te Puru schools
– braved winter’s chill to plant trees at
Thames’ Rhodes Park. This tree honours
Major S.A. Grant, who died that day 100
years ago. All trees will be GPS identified.
For information on the NZ World War One Memorial Forest, see
Photo: Althea Barker
With the planting season upon us,
several peninsula sites are getting
a good start with giving trees ‘a forever
home’ in one of our World War I Memorial
Forests. The goal is to have 18,166 native
trees in up to 10 different sites across
the Coromandel – one tree for each New
Zealander killed, each site representing
a battle, campaign or aspect of the war.
Every memorial tree has been assigned
precise GPS coordinates.
There are many ways you can be involved,
from joining a planting party to funding a
tree. To learn more about the forest sites
located across our district – and how you
can personally plant a named, dedicated
tree – visit the website listed below.
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TAPU