Monument gone but not forgotten

This memorial to Clement Wiggins, a bank clerk who died fighting in South Africa during the Boer War, was erected overlooking Pukekura Park’s main lake in November 1903. The obelisk is long gone but it is still known as Monument Hill. Contact PAHeritageEnquiries@npdc.govt.nz to order a copy or find other historic photographs from NPDC’s Puke Ariki Heritage Collections.