{"id":9686,"date":"2021-09-12T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T06:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzjane.com\/?p=9686"},"modified":"2024-03-12T22:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T19:20:26","slug":"where-the-bodies-are-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzjane.com\/where-the-bodies-are-buried\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghosts, where the bodies are buried: TOP 10 cemeteries in NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macabre, why would you want to go to a cemetery while on holiday? Cemeteries, death are subjects not usually on the tourist radar. Yet the history of a place, the stories of the inhabitants are written in stone. Cemetery tourism is not odd or peculiar. Cemeteries are quiet contemplative places where flowers, trees and wide spaces offer a chance to reflect society\u2019s changes.<br \/>\nCemeteries, ghosts and tapu (sacred places where death has occured) locations are part and parcel of a great New Zealand holiday. 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