They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

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Details for Bruce Te Naera Ngaroroa Wawatai

Warrant Number:	22227
Surname:	Wawatai
Forenames:	Bruce Te Naera Ngaroroa
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	Adult
Age:	76
Type:	Ash Burial
Date of Birth:	07 January 1930 (Tuesday)
Date of Death:	05 October 2006 (Thursday)
Date of Burial:	14 October 2006 (Saturday) @ 11:00:00
Funeral Director:	Evans Funeral Services Ltd
Cemetery:	Taruheru
Block:	R
Plot #:	146
Map Location:	View on Map
Inscription:	In memory of our dear mother, P E HALE, died 23 December 1951 aged 85 years. In loving memory of ERIC HALE, died 2 October 1972 aged 65 years; ALICE B GILDEA WAWATAI, died 12 September 1982 aged 71 years; ELSIE HALE, died 24 September 1982 aged 84 years. WAWATAI Bruce TeNaera Ngaroroa 7.1.1930 - 5.10.2006 Always In Our Hearts.

The following interments are also in this plot

Surname	Forenames	Type	Age Group	Age	Date of Death	Date of Burial
Hale	Polly Eva	Burial	Adult	85	23/12/1951	26/12/1951
Hale	Eric	Burial	Unknown		Unknown	13/11/1972
Wawatai	Alice Beatrice	Ash Burial	Adult	71	12/09/1982	15/09/1982
Hale	Elsie	Ash Burial	Adult	82	Unknown	27/09/1982
Des Barres	Aroha Daphne	Ash Burial	Adult	87	28/11/2016	04/11/2017