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I think the John Willis Robinson who died in 1863 is not the same as John Robinson who died in 1870.  There is a sepearte death registration for him:

1863/730 Robinson John NR

Just in case this is the family you seek, the burials were all in Purewa.

Surname  ROBINSON
First Names  Eliza
Age  68 Years
Gender  Female
Date of Death  30 Jun 1903
Religion  Not Listed
Serial No  2705
Date of Service and/or Interment  02 Jul 1903
Funeral Director  Jas Jamieson, 27 Belgium Street, City
What Buried?  Body
Casket Size   
Casket Depth   
Cemetery  Purewa Cemetery
Location  Block E Row 45 Plot 34

Surname  ROBINSON
First Names  John
Age  78 Years
Gender  Male
Date of Death  06 Dec 1910
Religion  Not Listed
Serial No  4469
Date of Service and/or Interment  08 Dec 1910
Funeral Director  Jas Jamieson, 27 Belgium Street, City
What Buried?  Body
Casket Size   
Casket Depth   
Cemetery  Purewa Cemetery
Location  Block E Row 45 Plot 033
Probate filed 3 Feb 1911,  Occupation retired tinsmith


Surname  ROBINSON
First Names  Isaiah
Age  48 Years
Gender  Male
Date of Death  20 May 1916
Religion  Not Listed
Serial No  5795
Date of Service and/or Interment  21 May 1916
Funeral Director  J Weir & Co (2003) Ltd, 70 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, AUCKLAND
What Buried?  Body
Casket Size   
Casket Depth   
Cemetery  Purewa Cemetery
Location  Block A Row 11 Plot 036

Surname  ROBINSON
First Names  John
Age  67 Years
Gender  Male
Date of Death  14 Jun 1928
Religion   
Serial No  9427
Date of Service and/or Interment  16 Jun 1928
Funeral Director  W H Tongue & Son's, P O Box 8510, Symonds Street, AUCKLAND
What Buried?  Body
Casket Size   
Casket Depth   
Cemetery  Purewa Cemetery
Location  Block E Row 45 Plot 033
probate filed 11 Jul 1928.  Occupation Retired tinsmith. 

Found a death of Isaiah Robinson in 20 May 1916, age 48.  This gives a birth year of about 1868. I did not find him in the NZ BDM for 1867-1869.  His occupation was tinsmith.  He was buried at Purewa Cemetery. His probate is at Archives NZ. 

Death Reg: 1916/4042 Robinson Isaiah 48Y

Isaiah first appears on the electoral rolls in 1890, living on Pitt Street in Auckland.  Also on Pitt street are John Robinson Sr., tinsmith and John Robinson Jr., tinsmith. 

Does this sound like your guy?

I do not live in New Zealand and would be very grateful if someone could lookup the following BDMs for me.  They are not at the historical BDM website so I suspect they are on the Maori rolls.  Thank you to whatever kind soul makes the trip to the library to do the lookups.

Marriages:

9 Sep 1913: Athole Stanley Wemyss and Erana Putiputi Heihi, aka Helen Hayes

Deaths:

1913: Mere Tarahau Waaka, (Reporoa) married to Pene Heihi (Ben Hayes).

8 Sep 1926, (Gisborne?), Helen Wemyss, aka Erana Putiputi Heihi/Hayes/Wemyss

1935, (Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne)  Harata Poiwa Temoko, married name Heihi/Hayes. Wife of Hone Heihi (John Hayes) who died before her.

9 Oct 1933, Reremoana HEIHI (Ellen Hayes) married to William Baker Milner.

These are births, but they occured before Maori birth registration became compulsory in 1913. Does anyone know where they might be recorded, if at all?

17 Dec 1881 (Gisborne) Erana Putiputi Heihi, aka Helen Hayes, father Hone Heihi (John Hayes)

Abt 1857 (near Gisborne) Hone Heihi, aka John Hayes, sone of Pene Heihi (Ben Hayes) and Mere Tarahau Waaka (?)

If you catch any other registration for the surname Heihi I'd be interested. The Heihi/Hayes family lived near Gisborne and Reporoa on the East Cape of New Zealand. 

Thank you Janette.  I've added it to the master list of NZ cemeteries with online search at http://www.clanfraser.org.nz/genealogy/cemeterylinks.html