It wasn't the biggest memorial for murder victims that Coleen Davey has ever seen.
But she was undaunted yesterday as a small number gathered in Hastings, vowing the annual tribute will continue as long as she does, including a 25th anniversary next year.
Mrs Davey first staged the Feelings for Folk of Murder Victims dedication at the foot of the Hastings town clock on February 16, 1993, coinciding with a march in Wellington and presentation of a petition to Parliament calling for harsher penalties for rape and murder.
It's been held at the foot of the clock at midday on that date each year ever since then, and while held yesterday a couple of blocks away at the pop-up Albert Square, she promised it would be back by the clock next year, even taking the opportunity to book it in with Mayor Lawrence Yule, who was in attendance with deputy Sandra Hazlehurst.
Others present included Agnes Nicholas, wife of John Edward (Jack) Nicholas, who was shot dead by a dawn sniper at the gate outside the couple's farm at remote Makahu on August 27, 2004.