Last weekend a collection of mostly strangers gathered together - in the rain no less - to trudge up Bluff Hill, through dense bush and gorse, and retrieve a long-lost WWI memorial.
It takes the form of a now century-old wooden flag pole, last visible on the side of the hill in the 70s.
It was made by Alexander McKenzie and erected in honour of his two young sons - Ian and George McKenzie - who died on the same day in the Battle of the Somme in September 1916.
War memorial restorer and bagpipe player, Ann Robbie, is one of the people who have been searching for this memorial for a very long time, and she was there on Saturday to see it brought down and carried to the local marae.
She talks to Jesse about that emotional day.
You can see photos of the trek here.
Volunteers help to carry the McKenzie Brothers Flag Pole down from Bluff Hill Photo: www.facebook.com/NZRemembranceArmy
