Australian Cate Walker has been working to restore damaged graves in the Cook Islands for years.
It began when she went to look after her mother's grave - her mother had died in Rarotonga after seeking cancer treatment from controversial therapist Milan Brych.
Cate's focus in recent years has been the fate of Cook Islands soldiers, who served in the New Zealand forces during World War One, but whose graves have been neglected.
She told Don Wiseman that a number of the soldiers, who died of wounds or disease soon after the war, are being added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth Rolls of Honour.
An ei (necklace) of yellow shells is hung around a cross for Private Apu Tepuretu who was one of 45 Cook Island men who first enlisted to serve in the First World War. Photo: RNZ / Daniela Maoate-Cox
