Those interested in the history of some of the families buried in Dannevirke's Settlers Cemetery can go along to a cemetery walk on October 16.
Co-ordinator Sharyn Burling said that that date, October 16, 1872, was auspicious for the Scandinavian immigrants who had left their homeland in search of a better life.
It was that day they arrived in the midst of the 70-mile bush, carrying their possessions on their backs or on the backs of animals.
"[It] was probably a damp and cold day. There was snow on the Ruahine Ranges, and it must have been an anti-climax of the worst proportions."
In the Domain Triangle, there was only a slab hut which had been set up as a store.