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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 Anglican Cemetery has high historic significance to Tauranga as the resting place of a number of notable people, and historic archive for genealogical and historic research, and a touchstone for descendants of Tauranga families. The original cemetery site, bounded by Hospital Street (now Seventeenth Avenue), Grace Road, Pitt Street (now Eighteenth Avenue) and Devonport Road, was on the sout...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rotorua Cemetery was used for burials in the 1800s. Some of the victims of the 1886 Tarawera eruption are buried here, as well as some early transfers from an even older burial ground on the eastern side of Sala Street.
Hillsborough Cemetery is located at 250 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand.The cemetery opened in 1916 and was managed pursuant to the Cemeteries Acts 1908 and 1922, which were superseded by the Burial and Cremation Act 1964. The cemetery closed in 1976. Around 17,000 people are buried there.
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...
Waikanae Cemetery is located on the Kāpiti Coast near Wellington.
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...
The Tauranga Methodist and Children’s Cemetery has high historical significance to Tauranga as the resting place of a number of notable people, an historic archive for genealogical and historical research and a touchstone for descendants of Tauranga families. The cemetery is located at 520 Devonport Road, Tauranga South, on the corner of Devonport Road and Seventeenth Avenue. The first burial w...
Hastings Cemetery is located in Orchard Road, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.Hastings Cemetery contains the official war graves of 12 men who served in the New Zealand forces and 1 man who served with the Australian forces during the First World War and who died before 1 September 1921.
Wharerangi Cemetery in Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.Opened in 1948, Wharerangi Cemetery was Napier's first modern-style lawn cemetery. Its new-look features included plaques, low headstones and a memorial rose garden. In it was established Napier's first cemetery dedicated to Returned Services men and women. A Book of Remembrance is open to view daily in the open-sided shrine....
Te Henui Cemetery, also known as New Plymouth Cemetery, is the oldest public cemetery in New Plymouth, New Zealand. It was first used in 1861. The cemetery is the resting ground for the last eight victims of Titokowaru's War (1869) and contains the Commonwealth war graves of 12 men who served in the First World War, and 19 men who served in the Second World War.World War I:* Private Henry Benne...
Hautapu is 3 kilometres north west of Cambridge. The cemetery is about 1 kilometre south east of Hautapu on the Hautapu Road.There are 10 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 2 of the 1939-1945 war here.
Hamilton Park Cemetery is operated by the Hamilton City Council and has served the community since 1957, with the crematorium and chapel facilities operating since 1963.Hamilton Park Cemetery is located in the rural setting of Newstead, at 395 Morrinsville Road. This expansive facility has been developed in a park-like manner and as a result has a peaceful and majestic landscape of trees, shrub...
Addington Cemetery opened in 1858 and closed in 1980. The cemetery was in effect the city’s first public cemetery and its plots were taken up over a relatively short period of time.The cemetery is located on Selwyn Street (between Disraeli Street and Fairfield Avenue).The cemetery was established by the Presbyterian Church of St Andrews in reaction to the ‘exclusiveness’ of the Anglican Barbado...
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...
Location Information==This cemetery is in Gladstone Street, Hāwera.==Historical Information==There are 9 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 2 of the 1939-1945 war here.World War I:* Private David Alexander Carmichael * Trooper Harry Percival Coad - Profile * Captain James Type Dallinger * Private Patrick Joseph Gallagher * Sergeant John Henry Gardner - Profile
Kelvin Grove Cemetery in Palmerston North has been in operation since 1927. Cemetery and cremation search
Waimate is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is situated just inland from the eastern coast of the South Island. In October 1871, the Canterbury Provincial council set up a board of members to establish the Waimate cemetery. The board members were: Michael Studholme, Leonard Price, John Manchester, James Bruce and John O'Keefe. The old Waimate cemetery covers an area of 2.33 hectares. The...
Hamilton East Cemetery was developed in 1863 - 1866. Some of the first settlers of Hamilton are buried here.
The Dunedin Northern Cemetery is a major historic cemetery in the southern New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located close to Lovelock Avenue on a spur of Signal Hill close to the Dunedin Botanic Gardens and the suburb of Opoho, overlooking Dunedin North and Logan Park. The 8-hectare (20-acre) site was set aside in 1872, with the last plot being purchased in 1937. The cemetery forms part of Du...