Tokomaru Bay war memorial.
The Tokomaru Bay war memorial was unveiled on Anzac Day 1931. The substantial pedimented and buttressed concrete column stood on a plot of land near the school donated by members of the local Māori community.
A marble tablet set into the front of the column was inscribed with the names of 21 local men who gave their lives during the First World War. The original tablet has since been replaced with one that also lists 29 men who died during the Second World War.
See: 'Tokomaru's memorial: handsome monument', Poverty Bay Herald, 23/4/1931, p. 8; 'Anzac Day: observance on the coast: Tokomaru Bay', Gisborne Times, 28/4/1931, p. 3.
| Site | Style | Ornamentation | Unveiling Date | No of Dead |
| Park/garden | Cenotaph | Classical frieze | 21 |
Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986
Bruce Ringer, Auckland Libraries, 2023
Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database. For the Second World War names, see also the 28th Maori Battalion roll.