The graves of many of Puhoi’s pioneers are found in the cemetery which is located on the outskirts of the village on the road to Ahuroa. The land was allocated for the cemetery right from the first days of the settlement. However it was unfenced and the very early graves were becoming lost in undergrowth and the original simple wooden crosses were deteriorating and becoming illegible by the time a public meeting was called in Puhoi in 1892 to have it tidied up and to adopt proper bylaws.