The Grave of Hera Marama Dashper
Erana Dashper (left) holding Waimarie Dashper, with dancer Alex Stavrou and musician Chris Miro Wilson after performing at the unveiling of the headstone. Her grave is at a small family graveyard at the tip of East Cape, North Island of New Zealand, and is beautifully decorated by handmade pottery and fused glass tiles made by her grandmother Madeleine Dashper, and layed by her grandfather Richard Dashper.
KIA WHAKAMAHARATANGA
(transl: In Loving Memory)
Hera Marama Tawhara-Dashper
23 April 1987 - 26 February 1992
He iti ra, he iti mapihi pounamu
(transl: "I may be small, but I am of the finest greenstone")