The descendants of one of Whanganui's first European settlers, John "Jock" McGregor, plan to restore their ancestor's grave.
Jock McGregor died in 1882 and was buried in the old cemetery at Heads Rd.
In the weekend up to 100 of his descendants came to Whanganui from all over the country to discuss the first steps towards sprucing up his grave site.
Family spokesperson Robert Ropiha said no maintenance had been done on the headstone and grave site for a long time, and it was in poor condition.
"You can't read the writing on the gravestone and there's pieces of the fence [around the grave] missing. We've also been told there used to be an angel at the top of the headstone, and we don't know where that's gone.