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TitlePukeuri war memorial
DescriptionWar memorial at Pukeuri photographed by Bessie Powell in 1927.
According to NZ History "The memorial comprised four concrete steps, a plastered concrete base featuring Moeraki (red) gravels, a large rectangular marble base bearing the names, and the inscription, complete with small columns at each corner with miniature Corinthian capitals, then an elaborate tapered base block of marble with crossed rifles and the statue itself. The memorial was within an enclosure of plastered concrete columns and a low fence with Moeraki gravels decorations and a steel rail.
It was located on the north-west corner of the intersection of State Highway 1 with what is now State Highway 83 to Kurow. The road has since been realigned, but the old formation can still be seen.
It was in a vulnerable location and was crashed into at least four times by vehicles (including a motorcycle ridden by a police officer) which failed to negotiate the bend. Local advice is that the same person crashed into the barrier around the memorial on three separate occasions." It was finally demolished when a farmhand crashed into it in 1971. A new war memorial was erected by the community 35 years later, in 2006.
Source:https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/pukeuri-war-memorial.Date1927SourceBessie Powell albumPhotographerBessie Powell
DescriptionWar memorial at Pukeuri photographed by Bessie Powell in 1927.According to NZ History "The memorial comprised four concrete steps, a plastered concrete base featuring Moeraki (red) gravels, a large rectangular marble base bearing the names, and the inscription, complete with small columns at each corner with miniature Corinthian capitals, then an elaborate tapered base block of marble with crossed rifles and the statue itself. The memorial was within an enclosure of plastered concrete columns and a low fence with Moeraki gravels decorations and a steel rail.
It was located on the north-west corner of the intersection of State Highway 1 with what is now State Highway 83 to Kurow. The road has since been realigned, but the old formation can still be seen.
It was in a vulnerable location and was crashed into at least four times by vehicles (including a motorcycle ridden by a police officer) which failed to negotiate the bend. Local advice is that the same person crashed into the barrier around the memorial on three separate occasions." It was finally demolished when a farmhand crashed into it in 1971. A new war memorial was erected by the community 35 years later, in 2006.
Source:https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/pukeuri-war-memorial.
Date1927SourceBessie Powell albumPhotographerBessie PowellConnections
CollectionBessie Powell's photographs of monuments, 1927PersonJessie Elizabeth Isabella PowellMore InformationEntry on Pukeuri war memorial on NZ History site
PersonJessie Elizabeth Isabella PowellMore InformationEntry on Pukeuri war memorial on NZ History siteAttribution
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Pukeuri war memorial (1927). Selwyn Stories, accessed 15/06/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6046