Ramarama, previously known as Sheppards Bush, is a small community at the far south of the Auckland Region in New Zealand's North Island, located just to the north of the Bombay Hills (a point commonly regarded as the most southern part of the Auckland region).

Most of the land in the area is made up of market gardens, farms and lifestyle blocks as would be expected from the entirely rural region in which it is located.

[4] Ramarama was originally only bushland and also there was a pā site inhabited by the Ngāti Pou tribe of the Māori.

[4] Reverend McDonald, a famed priest at the time, decided to build a church, where the Pratts Road Cemetery stands now.

The Northern Military District Convalescent Depot, opened in December 1942 as a place for troops to recover.

[7] In late 1945, ash from Ruapehu polluted the water supply of the The Grand Chateau and patients who had been housed there were evacuated to what then became Raventhorpe psychiatric hospital.

[15] Te Maketu Falls - This is a tranquil waterfall about five minutes' walk from Pratts Rd Cemetery.

As most of the English and Irish immigrants were Catholic it was decided that a church be opened for bible and Sunday school sessions.