A report on Hokitika Cemetery and Bess Hudson

Hokitika Cemetery in 2020
Hudson's gravestone in Hokitika Cemetery
Hungerford Mausoleum
Westland Explorers' Monument
Grave of Stanley Graham
Grave of John Lazar
Grave of Mary & Ebenezer Teichelmann

Hudson died at Westland Hospital on 7 May 1961, aged 86, and was buried with her parents at Hokitika Cemetery.

- Bess Hudson

Bess Hudson (1875–1961), nurse

- Hokitika Cemetery
Hokitika Cemetery in 2020

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Hokitika

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Town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, 40 km south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River.

Town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, 40 km south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River.

Hokitika township in the 1870s
Port of Hokitika in 1867
Memorial for the 1941 shooting, Kowhitirangi
Hokitika Customhouse was built in 1895 when Hokitika was still an official port of entry to New Zealand
Hokitika's Regent Theatre
The Westland Milk factory in Hokitika (2021)
Hokitika driftwood sign marks the spot for the Driftwood and Sand Festival. The sign is a popular destination with tourists.
The Hokitika Clock Tower at dusk
De Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth ZK-ADI, Air Travel's first aircraft
Hokitika Gorge, with swing bridge in the background. Shows the bright blue water.
Hokitika Museum, the former Carnegie Library
Seddon House, the former Government Buildings.
The former Bank of New South Wales building
The former Fire Station building
Former Hokitika Savings Bank building
St Mary's Catholic Church
St. Andrew's United Church
All Saints' Church
World War One Memorial, Cass Square

The funeral was led by Roman Catholic Father William Larkin and a Celtic Cross was erected in the Hokitika Cemetery.

Bess Hudson (1875–1961), early nurse, for Dr Teichelmann

Teichelmann in 1905 (aged around 46)

Ebenezer Teichelmann

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Australian-born surgeon, mountaineer, explorer, conservationist and photographer in New Zealand.

Australian-born surgeon, mountaineer, explorer, conservationist and photographer in New Zealand.

Teichelmann in 1905 (aged around 46)
Ebenezer Teichelmann in his customary outfit and with his beloved pipe. Undated but before 1934.
Memorial sculpture and stone bench outside Teichelmann's house in Hokitika, depicting his pack, ropes, boots and camera.
Teichelmann's residence and surgery at 20 Hamilton Street, Hokitika. The upper storey was added in the 1930s, and since 1995 it has been "Teichelmann's Bed and Breakfast"
Teichelmann gravestone in Hokitika Cemetery
Mahinapua Creek, Westland, 1915
alt=Black and white image showing a tree fern and vegetation in the foreground and Franz Josef Glacier and mountains behind|On the track to Franz Josef Glacier
A bush road in South Westland, c1915
Track through the forest
Looking down La Perouse glacier

He was ably assisted for many years both in his private practice and at the hospital by nurse Bess Hudson.

Teichelmann is buried with his wife, Mary in Hokitika Cemetery.