Wooden crosses marking the graves of 13 children have been tampered with at an Auckland cemetery.
Staff at Waikumete Cemetery are concerned after old wooden marker crosses and cross fragments from the Children's Sanctuary dating back 30 years were discovered last week discarded outside the burial area.
Waikumete Cemetery manager Roscoe Webb said they appeared to be thrown on the ground.
The crosses are small standard wooden memorial crosses and were placed at the West Auckland cemetery between 1985 and 2012.
Mr Webb said they all appeared to have been gathered from across the Children's Sanctuary which was formerly known as the Stillborn Sanctuary.