My father, the late Ian Hamilton Harvey (NZ All Black 24-26-28) who was born and lived his early life in the Wairarapa mainly Whakataki used to point to the rock whenever we came through Tinui (he and Mum always stopped at the hotel for a 'spot' and as a treat a lemonade would be brought out to the car to keep us happy) and say to us kids,"See the cross up there? As a boy scout of 13 I helped carry it up there." As a kid I could never see it, but I wonder if any one has any info on who else might have been involved in getting it up-- all Dad ever said was that it was heavy! He lost a brother (William Harvey) during that war and I was thrilled to see that his name is on an ANZAC memorial I saw on the web. I now live in Sydney and only heard about this being the site of the first ANZAC service in NZ through my younger brother
28 Apr 2009