- At the little country township of Okato, about 20 miles from New Plymouth, a storm centre in the days of the Maori wars, the settlers decided that the cemetery required a clean-un There was ro money for the purpose, but that did not prove a bar to getting the work done. A working-bee was decided upon, about 60' settlers turned out with spades, shovels, and wheelbarrows and a day’s work saw the neglected cemetery put in good order. The wives and daughters of the settlers assisted by providing refreshments for the workers. It wns a community effort well worthy of emulation..
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Otago Witness, Issue 3823, 21 June 1927, Page 31
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