I went with 2 photography friends, Dawn and Ralph, to visit 2 Auckland Graveyards
Symonds Street Cemetery - over 100 years old, Auckland's major public cemetery from 1840 to 1886.
and
Waikumete Cemetery - officially opened in 1886 to replace the one above
Both cemeteries have a history of vandalism and it was sad seeing how must damage has been done, and how much work is needed to clean them up - starting with the long grasses to be mowed.