New Zealand Cemeteries Index

An index to pages on cemeteries in Aotearoa | New Zealand. Cemeteries are fascinating places, not just for the genealogical information they carry, but for the layers of symbolism to be found in the headstones and memorials.

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New Zealand Cemeteries Index

1. Addington Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
2. Akaroa Cemetery, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
3. Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
4. Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
5. Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton, North Island, New Zealand
6. Ashburton Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
7. Awanui Cemetery, Merrilands, New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
8. Barbadoes Street Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
9. Birkenhead-Glenfield Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
10. Bluff Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
11. Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington, North Island New Zealand
12. Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
13. Christ Church Graveyard, Taitā, Lower Hutt, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
14. Clarendon Cemetery, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
15. Clareville Cemetery, Carterton, Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand
16. Clifton Cemetery, Bulls, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
17. Collingwood Cemetery, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
18. Domain Road Cemetery, Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
19. Drury Presbyterian Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
20. Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
21. Ellesmere Public Cemetery, Leeston, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
22. Eltham Cemetery, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
23. Epeha Urupā, Te Puna, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
24. Eskdale Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
25. Fairfax Cemetery, Milton, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
26. Feilding Cemetery, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
27. Foxhill Cemetery, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
28. Foxton Cemetery, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
29. Gore Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
30. Green Island Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
31. Halcombe Cemetery, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
32. Halfmoon Bay Cemetery, Oban, Southland, Stewart Island, New Zealand
33. Hamilton East Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
34. Hamilton Park Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
35. Hamilton West Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
36. Hastings Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
37. Hautapu Cemetery, Cambridge, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
38. Havelock North Cemetery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
39. Hāwera Cemetery, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
40. Heads Road Cemetery, Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
41. Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
42. Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
43. Hiona St Stephen's Church Graveyard, Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
44. Holy Trinity Church Graveyard, Pakaraka, Northland, North Island, New Zealand (also known as Pakaraka Holy Trinity)
45. Holy Trinity Memorial Park, Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (formerly Ōtāhūhū Anglican Cemetery)
46. Horseshoe Bay Cemetery, Oban, Southland, Stewart Island, New Zealand
47. Hukerenui Cemetery, Whangārei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
48. Hunterville Cemetery (see Rangatira Cemetery, Hunterville, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand)
49. Hurdon Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
50. Inglewood Cemetery, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
51. Kaiapoi Public Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
52. Kaikōura Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
53. Kamo Cemetery, Whangārei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand (also known as Ketenikau Cemetery)
54. Kaponga Cemetery, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
55. Karori Cemetery, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
56. Karoro Cemetery, Greymouth, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
57. Katikati Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
58. Kauae Cemetery, Ngongotahā, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
59. Kawakawa Cemetery, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
60. Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
61. Kioreroa Cemetery, Whangārei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
62. Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
63. Kōwai Pass Cemetery, Springfield, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
64. Kutarere Urupā, Ōpōtiki District, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
65. Lawrence Cemetery, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
66. Leamington Cemetery, Cambridge, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand (also known as Cambridge West Cemetery)
67. Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
68. Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
69. Lyttelton Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
70. Makaraka Cemetery, Gisborne, East Coast, South Island, New Zealand
71. Manaia Cemetery, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
72. Mangaroa Cemetery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
73. Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
74. Māngere Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
75. Martinborough Cemetery, Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand
76. Maunu Cemetery, Whangārei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
77. Manukau Memorial Gardens, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (formerly known as Papatoetoe Cemetery)
78. Maramarua Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
79. Marsden Valley Cemetery, Nelson, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
80. Matamata Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
81. Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
82. Motuopae Island Urupā, Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand
83. Mount Erebus Memorial Cross
84. Mount View Cemetery, Marton, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
85. Napier Old Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
86. Ngāruawāhia Old Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
87. Norsewood Cemetery, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
88. North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
89. Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
90. Ōamaru Lawn Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
91. Ōamaru Old Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
92. Ōhingaiti Cemetery, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
93. Omahu Cemetery, Hikutaia, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
94. Ōmaka Cemetery, Blenheim, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
95. Ōnehunga Catholic Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
96. O'Neills Point Cemetery, Takapuna, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
97. Ōpepe Military Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
98. Ōpunake Cemetery, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
99. Ormond Cemetery, Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
100. Ormondville Cemetery, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
101. Ōropi Cemetery, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
102. Ōtāhūhū Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
103. Oxford Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
104. Papakura Old Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
105. Papakura South Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
106. Papatoetoe Cemetery (see Manukau Memorial Gardens, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand)
107. Paraparaumu Beach Cemetery, Kāpiti Coast, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
108. Park Island Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
109. Pātea Cemetery, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
110. Pāterangi Cemetery, Te Awamutu, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
111. Pātūtahi Cemetery, Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
112. Piako Cemetery, Morrinsville, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
113. Pirongia Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand (Alexandra Cemetery until 1896 name change)
114. Pōkeno Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
115. Porirua Cemetery, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
116. Port Chalmers New Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
117. Port Chalmers Old Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
118. Pukekohe Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
119. Pūrākaunui Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
120. Pukerimu Cemetery, Cambridge, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
121. Pukerimu Lawn Cemetery, Paeroa, Hauraki, North Island, New Zealand
122. Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
123. Pyes Pā Memorial Park, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
124. Rangatira Cemetery, Hunterville, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand (also known as Hunterville Cemetery)
125. Rangiora East Belt Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
126. Richmond Cemetery, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
127. Riverton Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
128. Rotorua Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
129. Roxburgh Cemetery, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
130. Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
131. Sandon Cemetery, Sanson, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
132. Shortland Cemetery, Thames, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
133. Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
134. St John’s Church Graveyard, Tutu Totara, Marton, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
135. St Luke's Church Graveyard, New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
136. St Mark's Church Graveyard, Remuera, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
137. St Ninian's Church Graveyard, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
138. St Paul’s Church Graveyard, Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
139. St Peter's Anglican Graveyard, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
140. St Peter's Church Graveyard, Ōnehunga, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
141. St Stephen's Church Graveyard, Judges Bay, Parnell, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
142. St Stephen's Church Graveyard, Marton, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
143. St Thomas's Church Graveyard, Maketū, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
144. Swanson Cemetery, Waitakere, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
145. Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
146. Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
147. Taihape Cemetery, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
148. Taitā Lawn Cemetery, Naenae, Lower Hutt, North Island, New Zealand
149. Taitā Old Cemetery, Naenae, Lower Hutt, North Island, New Zealand
150. Tararu Cemetery, Thames, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
151. Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
152. Taupiri Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
153. Taupiri Mountain Urupā, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
154. Taupō Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
155. Tauranga Anglican Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
156. Tauranga Catholic Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
157. Tauranga Latter Day Saints Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (also known as Tauranga Mormon Cemetery)
158. Tauranga Methodist and Children's Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
159. Tauranga Mission Cemetery | Ōtamataha Pā, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
160. Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
161. Te Arai Cemetery, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
162. Te Aroha Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
163. Te Awamutu Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
164. Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand (New Plymouth Cemetery)
165. Te Puke Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (aka Dudley Vercoe Cemetery)
166. Te Puke ​Old Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
167. Te Rangihaukaha Cemetery, Kaitaia, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
168. Temuka Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
169. Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
170. Timaru Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
171. Tirau Street Cemetery, Putāruru, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
172. Tokoroa Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
173. Tolaga Bay Cemetery, Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
174. Tūākau Cemetery, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
175. Waihi Cemetery, Hauraki, North Island, New Zealand
176. Waikanae Cemetery, Kāpiti Coast, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
177. Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
178. Waikari Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
179. Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
180. Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
181. Waimate Lawn Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
182. Waimate Old Cemetery, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
183. Waipū Cemetery, Whangārei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
184. Waipukurau Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
185. Waireka Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
186. Wairoa Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
187. Waiuku Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
188. Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
189. Warkworth Cemetery, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
190. West Taieri Cemetery, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
191. Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
192. Whenua Tapu Cemetery, Porirua, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
193. Winton East Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
194. Winton Old Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
195. Woodend Methodist Churchyard, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
196. Woodlands Cemetery, Southland, South Island, New Zealand

Overseas Cemeteries of interest to New Zealanders

1. Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, Picardie, France
2. St Nicholas Churchyard, Brockenhurst, New Forest District, Hampshire, England 93 New Zealand war graves
3. Mud Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium
4. Vertigneul Churchyard, Romeries, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France 19 New Zealand war graves

Gravestone Symbolism

As you look at headstones, obelisks and other memorials, take time to appreciate the symbols that have been chosen for the deceased by their loved ones and the meanings behind them. Some common symbols include:

• Acorn: Symbol of life, fertility and immortality.
• Anchor: Symbol of hope and steadfastness, and eternal life. Often found on sailors' headstones. Masons used it as a symbol of well-grounded hope. Early Christians used it as a disguised symbol of the cross.
• Angels: Symbolic messengers between God and man.
• Book: The Bible and faith or could represent knowledge or the Book of Life.
• Broken column: Cut off in the prime of life
• Broken or severed flower: A sign or early or sudden death.
• Clasped hands: Found on family graves and symbolising either the hope of reunification in the next life or 'Farewell, see you soon.'
• Cross: An enduring symbol of religious faith.
• Dove: Christian symbol of love and peace. Also symbolises purity, ressurection and the Holy Spirit.
• Gate or arch: Gateway to Heaven.
• Grape: From the ancient Greeks, used today as a symbol of fertiilty and prosperity.
• Ivy: Memories remaining evergreen.
• Laurel: Wreath Accolade to life's achievements.
• Lily: Symbol of purity, chastity and innocence.
• Oak leaves: Symbol of strength, honour, steadfastness and immortality.
• Obelisk: A tall rectangular or triangular pointed column which is the ancient Egyptian symbol for life and health.
• Palm: Symbolises the triumph of life over death through resurrection.
• Poppy: Symbol of death, eternal sleep as well as peace.
• Rose: Goodness and innocence.
• Star: May symbolise eternity or immortality and divine guidance.
• Thistle: May symbolise that the person was of Scottish descent.
• Torch: The human being.
• Trees: Trees are an enduring symbol of eternal life and protection, with their roots firmly in the ground and their canopy offering protection.
• Tudor Rose: Traditional floral heraldic emblem of England. May indicate that the person was of English descent.
• Urn: Symbol of death copied from cinerary urns of antiquity.
• Wheat: Symbolises the resurrection, the cycle of the seasons and the cycle of life. Often denotes someone dying in later life.
• Winged cherubs: Representing the belief the soul would rise and live on in heaven.