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Development threat to historic sites Waiwera residents fear that a significant part of the area’s history could be lost if an early European cemetery and nearby Maori archaeological site are not protected from development. The sites are at 42 Werenui Road on privately owned land. Recently, Pat Allen, on behalf of the cemetery subcommittee of Waiwera Residents Association, sought protection for the sites from Auckland Council by nominating
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them for historic heritage evaluation. Allen says that the Waiwera community and Ngati Manuhiri support the protection of the sites, which have not been maintained by landowners. The Maori sites were also damaged by earthworks around 10 years ago. He says the community hopes that if heritage protection is granted, it will be possible to clean up and maintain the areas. Heritage NZ wrote a report for Council on
the sites in 2014, as part of action Council took against the landowner at that time, regarding illegal earthworks. The report details a cemetery with at least six known graves dated between 1882-1905, including gravestones, some surrounded by wrought iron railings, overgrown with vegetation. There are three sites associated with Maori
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