"While I was admiring the view ..." Otaki Things to Do Tip by craic

... from the top of the hill by the war memorial I saw more graves down in the valley. So I set off cross country along the ridge and found a useful style over the fence - and found some ancient graves, and some recent graves, lovingly decorated with coloured pebbles and glass flowers and teddy bears and all manner of decoration ... (but many Maori names so I was not hopeful because my ancestors were Italian and Irish) ...