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Waikumete Cemetery was established in 1886 and is the final resting place for over 70,000 people. It is New Zealand's largest cemetery, occupying a site of 108 hectares in Glen Eden, Auckland.The land at Waikumete was purchased incrementally by the Crown between 1876 and 1881 and reserved as a site for a public cemetery for Auckland.The new cemetery, known as ‘Waikomiti’, was set aside to repla...
In 1889, the Anglican Church established Purewa Cemetery through a gift of land. This cemetery is the final resting place for over 45,000 men, women and children, including many of Auckland's notable business and political leaders, clergy and V.C. holders. Many of Auckland's historical figures have passed through its doors. Sir Paul Holmes and Sir Edmund Hillary were both cremated there.There i...
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. Please add profiles to the cemetery to which they belong and not to this index page. New Zealand Cemeteries Index Addington Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South ...
Location Information==This cemetery is situated off Somme Parade, just east of Aramoho Park, Whanganui.==Historical Information==There are 15 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 21 of the 1939-1945 war here.World War I:* Private Everett Allan Chappell* Captain Allan Leslie Christie* Private Christopher William Connell* Sergeant Lawrence Raymond Connell* Private John Mitchell Cooper* P...
Location Information==This cemetery is in Domain Avenue, Timaru. There are separate areas for services' interments.==Historical Information==There are 7 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 18 of the 1939-1945 war here. Read more about the cemetery, including a list of those those buried, here (CWGC)== Cemetery Search
Over the years the spelling of this area has altered between Whakapuaka and Wakapuaka, as has the pronunciation, depending upon changing dialects. The name originates from the legendary explorer Kupe. When his two canoes arrived here, his crew were struck by the similarity of the bay to a fishing ground called Whakapuaka in Tahiti, so they named the area after it. The early settlers called the ...
Kelvin Grove Cemetery in Palmerston North has been in operation since 1927. Cemetery and cremation search
The Southern Cemetery in the New Zealand city of Dunedin was the first major cemetery to be opened in the city. The cemetery was opened in 1858, ten years after the founding of the city in an area known as "Little Paisley". This area lies at the southern end of Princes Street, one of the city's main streets, close to the suburbs of Kensington, Maryhill, and The Glen (part of Caversham).The ceme...
Feilding Cemetery is located in Lethbridge Road, off Makino Road in Feilding, North Island, New Zealand.The official war graves of 2 men who served in the New Zealand forces during the First World War can be found here: Private George Herbert Ashworth and Private Leonard Whitworth Thompson.A tribute to Feilding Locals who served in the following list and on this youtube clip Nimmo Sandilands, A...
The Ashburton Cemetery, located off the corner of Bremners Road and Seafield Road on the northern side of Ashburton, is the largest cemetery in the district. The cemetery provides for burials and ash interments. There are separate areas for returned services personnel and children under 9 years. There is also a remembrance book administered by Paterson's Funeral Services Ltd. and a memorial gar...
Burials at the Old Te Puke Cemetery began in the 1880s, with the first being John Dale Wrigley who died on 29 May 1886. Closed to new burials, the cemetery is located on the corner of Landscape Road, SH33, Te Puke. In 1958 a new Te Puke Cemetery was opened on Dudley Vercoe Drive in Te Puke.A list of headstones can be found at this link:
38 km from Invercargill. Take the road to Otautau at the turnoff on the Riverton side of the Race Course. Descendants of three Southern tribes still live in the Riverton area -Waitahi, Ngati Mamoe and Ngai Tahu and the area is known by the Maori name - Aparima. Riverton was established as a whaling station in 1873. Riverton is one of the earliest sites of European settlement and the cemetery ha...
Established: 1878 Location: Crewe Street, Gore Cemetery Area: 3.51 ha Source: Gore District Council
Eastern Cemetery is the main cemetery in Invercargill covering over 30 hectares. It is located on the corner of East & Rockdale Roads, Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand.Notable burials:* Burt Munro (1899-1978). New Zealander Burt Munro went to Bonneville Utah, in 1967, and rode his 1920, Indian motorcycle to fame gaining the world land speed record for a motorcycle, which still stands tod...
Andersons Bay Cemetery is a major cemetery in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the southeast of the city centre, on a rocky outcrop which forms the inland part of Lawyer's Head, a promontory which juts into the Pacific Ocean. The cemetery is bounded on the western and southern sides by Chisholm Park Golf Course, and to the east by steep slopes which descen...
Symonds Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery and park in central Auckland, New Zealand. It is in 5.8 hectares of deciduous forest on the western slope of Grafton Gully, by the corner of Symonds Street and Karangahape Road, and is crossed by the Grafton Bridge. The street (and by extension the cemetery) are named for William Cornwallis Symonds, a British Army officer prominent in the early col...
Hamilton East Cemetery was developed in 1863 - 1866. Some of the first settlers of Hamilton are buried here.
Location Information==This cemetery is located on Hospital Hill, Napier.==Historical Information==Many figures significant to early Napier and Hawke's Bay's history are here. William Colenso, the noted missionary, printer and botanist, who landed at Waitangi, south of Napier, with his wife Elizabeth and young daughter Frances in 1844, is buried on the right near the gates. Close by are the grav...
Linwood Cemetery, which was opened in 1884, was the first municipal cemetery of the Christchurch City Council, which at that time had its town belt bounded by the four avenues.In keeping with international trends of the time, the Cemetery was located on the outskirts of the city, bounded by Butterfield Avenue, Hay Street, Buckleys Road and McGregors Road. It was deliberately established where i...
The first burial at Waikaraka Cemetery took place in 1890. The cemetery is located at 1 Alfred Street in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand.The following is from 'Waikaraka Cemetery veterans’ memorial', URL: , (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-Feb-2014:In 1883 the NZ Government granted Onehunga Borough an area of 47 acres on the edge of the Manukau Harbour for use as a recreation gro...
The Presbyterian Cemetery has high historic significance to Tauranga as the resting place of a number of notable people, an historic archives for genealogical and historic research and a touchstone for descendants of Tauranga families. The cemetery is located at 61 Eighteenth Avenue, Tauranga South. The first burial in the Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery was Daniel Wilkie (1846-1882) who died of...
This cemetery is located in Cemetery Road, which is situated left off SH 2, travelling from Hawkes Bay, before you reach the township of Dannevirke. There are 10 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 5 of the 1939-1945 war here. Source: New Zealand War Graves Project
Ōmaka Cemetery consists of three individual cemeteries: New Cemetery (No.1 Lawn), Old Catholic (No.2 Lawn) and No.3 Lawn which is the newest part of the cemetery. This historic cemetery, with graves dating back to European settlement in the Wairau Basin, has predominantly burial memorials (ie; very few ash memorials) spread throughout the various divisions, which include Catholic, Paupers', RSA...
Kauae Cemetery, Ngongotaha, Rotorua, New ZealandNotable burials:Howard Morrison
The cemetery owned by the Presbyterian Church is at 191 Great South Road, whereas the church is on Norrie Road, some distance away. Grave of Pte John Mckay, 65th Regt, died 14.9.1863.