Ashburton's Boer War Memorial has a new home.

The memorial was placed in Baring Square East in 1903 to honour those who served in the South African conflict, and bears the names of six fallen soldiers.

As part of the $2.45 million redevelopment of Baring Square East, it has been removed, renovated, and repositioned in Baring Square West alongside the other war memorials.

The memorial relocation was funded by a $150,000 grant received by the Ashburton District Council as part of the Three Waters Better Off funding package.

It wasn’t the first time the memorial had moved.

The cenotaph was previously moved a few meters in Baring Square East in 1978 as part of a redesign of the square to mark the centenary of the Borough Council.

This time it was removed completely offsite where a specialist stonemason spent weeks cleaning and restoring it before it was reassembled at Baring Square West on a new plinth, with a bluestone base stone.

By Jonathan Leask