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In 1933, graves in the old cemetery were being eroded into the sea so the bodies were reinterred within the old cemetery but further away from the sea edge. By the 1980s, government correspondence suggests those graves may have been eroded into the sea. However, as of 2023, there hasn't been any
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There were two historic burial grounds in Ōkārito. The 'old' cemetery was located on North Beach, which is across the lagoon and can only be reached by boat. The 'new' cemetery was opened in 1906 and was located inland on the bypass track. There are no official records for either the new or old
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