War memorial at Upper Moutere shows in a poignant manner that NZ families
of German descent in New Zealand usually embraced their new alignment with
the British Empire. (Click photo to enlarge)
St Paul's:
St
Paul's Lutheran Church today at Sarau (Upper Moutere). (Click photo to
enlarge)
The
church's cemetery, where the most prominent German immigrants are buried at
Upper Moutere, including many Bensemanns. (Click photo to enlarge)
Church at Bruchhausen-Vilsen, in the New Zealand Bensemanns' northern German
homeland. (Click photo to enlarge).