Robinson MemoriAls
Granite in Tauranga
www.robinsonmemorials.co.nz
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8 Maunu Road. 0110, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty.Are you the owner or manager of this company?
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Teresa believes there is no limit to what can be created in everlasting granite, as she says if you can imagine it we can make it’. Attention to detail and making the whole process seamless and at the same time keeping that personal touch are Teresa’s goals. Craig Buller has been with Robinson Memorials for 9 years and in that time has developed first class expertise in almost every aspect of the memorial process, from preparing and blasting the memorial stones to installation, maintenance and repairs. Robinson Memorials is proud to be Northland's only member of the New Zealand Master Monumental Masons Association NZMMA . Robinson Memorials is proud to be Northland’s only member of the New Zealand Master Monumental Masons Association NZMMA . The NZMMA was established in 1945 by New Zealand stonemasons who have a deep passion for the trade and craft of stonemasonry, and membership is only available to those who can prove their extensive ability and skill in the unique and ancient art of stone masonry.
Since the dawn of civilisation, stonemasonry has provided the foundation for many of the world’s great monuments, artefacts, cathedrals and cities such as the great pyramids, the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, the great Inca cities, stone henge and Europe’s great cathedrals and castles from a wide variety of cultures. The New Zealand Master Monumental Masons Association is committed to sharing the craft and trade of stone masonry, to ensure these traditional skills are not lost but passed on to future generations of stonemasons. As such, the Association provides members with the opportunity for training and learning to enhance their masonry skills, to foster good working relationships with other masons and the stonemasonry trade. Stone memorials have been made at the Robinson Memorials site on the corner of Maunu Rd and Central Ave for more than 100 years.
Historical records from this time remain today including advertisements in the Northern Advocate during the Great War and a letter from Staple dated 1923 to an Italian stone company requesting prices for stone memorials. LC Robinson eventually came to work for Noton Staple until he went away to war in 1941. As business picked up he employed plasterers and other tradesmen as required. Under LC Robinson, the company was a founding member of the New Zealand Master Monumental Masons Association.
Peter Robinson started work for his father in 1966 and became a partner in the business in 1970, the name of the company changing from LC Robinson to LC Robinson Son. In 1978 LC Robinson died at the age of 65, leaving Peter to carry on the business. Peter continued to grow the business, purchasing several adjacent plots of land, moving the masonry business down a couple of doors to 8 Maunu Road and building a new warehouse on the site of the original display yard. In 1998 Peter changed the company from a sole proprietor to a Limited company and 17 years later, Teresa and Gary were proud to purchase the family business in 2015 to carry on the tradition established by Lew and Peter Robinson of using the best quality product available to create personalised memorials for families throughout Northland
It also comes in a wide range of colours and can be carved to include a beautiful epitaph to your loved one. In ancient Greece, marble was a fashionable choice for headstones and this continued into Victorian and Edwardian times where it was sought after for its whiteness, which was associated with the highly prized virtue of purity. Slate and sandstone have also been used as grave markers and in New Zealand, limestone from Oamaru was very commonly used as an early material for headstones.
Stone memorials have been made at the Robinson Memorials site on the corner of Maunu Rd and Central Ave for more than 100 years. Historical records from this time remain today including advertisements in the Northern Advocate during the Great War and a letter from Staple dated 1923 to an Italian stone company requesting prices for stone memorials. After leaving school at 12 his first job was delivering telegrams before working in James St for D P North, the only other monumental mason in town. LC Robinson eventually came to work for Noton Staple until he went away to war in 1941.
As business picked up he employed plasterers and other tradesmen as required.
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