NZHistory.net.nz, New Zealand history online - whataroa /taxonomy/term/1808/0 en Whataroa Second World War memorial /media/photo/whataroa-second-world-war-memorial <p> Outside the RSA, on the main street of Whataroa, is a simple slab commemorating the end of the Second World War. The slab has been cut from blue kyanite schist - a unique rock type found only as boulders in Jacobs River. </p> <p> I understand that there are memorials inside the RSA building, but was unable to see them. </p> <div class="panorama-caption"> <p> Simon Nathan, 2008 </p> </div> <img src="/files/images/whataroa.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/whataroa-second-world-war-memorial#comments whataroa West Coast memorials photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 5842 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz