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Crumbling WWI headstone restored

Monday 31 August 2015 | Published in Local

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Crumbling WWI headstone restored
The headstone occupies a corner of a forgotten Turangi graveyard.

In a small forgotten Turangi graveyard next to crumbling, broken limestone graves the headstone of World War One veteran John Ruru Maoate is again legible after being restored by the Cook Islands RSA.

In a small forgotten Turangi graveyard next to crumbling, broken limestone graves the headstone of World War One veteran John Ruru Maoate is again legible after being restored by the Cook Islands RSA.


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