Nikao Cemetery
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook
Islands
Cemetery: Nikao
"Brych Yard"
cemetery
Established: 1977
Street:
Type: Road-public
City: Avarua
Township:
County:
State: Rarotonga
Nation: Cook
Islands South Pacific
Zip:
Nearby: Across
the road from the Rarotonga International Airport
Location: Suburban-developed
Land: Flat
Watersource: Yes
Features:
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Inactive
Size: Medium
Gravestones: about
75
Oldest: 1977
Newest: unsure
- but probably early 1980's
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Unknown
Association: Yes
Records: Yes
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery
poorly maintained
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage:
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating
Headstones
Restoration: No
work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Transportation
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: No
Contacted: Mr.
Gordon Sawtell (voluntary caretaker of the cemetery), Cook Islands
Prime Minister, Cook Islands Justice Department, Cook Islands
Investment Corporation (who are responsible for the management of Crown
properties), the Cook Islands Newspaper "Cook Island News"
Other /Additional
Information
Support
Cook Islands Investment
Corporation ciic@oyster.net.ck The editor of the Cook Island News
editor@cinews.co.ck
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name: Catherine
Bourke
Email: c_bourke@halenet.com.au
Date: 11 July 2001
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