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Five acres had been designated a public cemetery under 'The Cemeteries Act 1882', on section 12 on the Kaipaki Road. From 15 June 1901 the Pukerimu Cemetery (originally known as the Pukekura Cemetery) was administered by a voluntary Board of Trustees - John Fisher, James Anderson, Joseph Gane, William Scott and William Sturges. The first burial, recorded 28 October 1903, was Alice Vickers who h...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Kauae Cemetery, Ngongotaha, Rotorua, New ZealandNotable burials:Howard Morrison
Taihape is located near the middle of the North Island in the Rangitikei District of New Zealand. It services a large rural community and lies on State Highway 1, which runs North to South through the centre of the North Island.The Taihape Cemetery is located off SH1, about 3 kilometres south of the town of Taihape.Taihape Cemetery contains the official war graves of 2 men who served in the New...
The Old Winton Cemetery is located at 2675 Dipton Winton Highway (SH6), Winton, South Island, New Zealand, 31 km from Invercargill. The cemetery is most well known for being host to Minnie Dean, one of the South's most notorious murderers. In 1895 she was convicted and hanged for the murder of a child (she was purported to have killed three).This cemetery is full but new burials are accepted at...
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...
Manukau Memorial Gardens (formerly known as Papatoetoe Cemetery) is located on the corner of Roscommon Road (SH20B) and Puhinui Road (SH20), 361 Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand.Papatoetoe Cemetery opened on 16 of October 1931, in farmland to the west of the township. This cemetery has been incorporated into the Manukau Memorial Gardens.Buried here are Manoel "Manny" Santos (11 O...
Ruru Lawn Cemetery opened in 1941 and although approaching capacity it is still open for casket and ash burials.Ballantyne’s Fire Memorial is part of the Ruru Lawn Cemetery. Ballantyne Memorial Rose Garden Ballantyne’s department store in Colombo Street was the scene of one of New Zealand's most disastrous fires late in the afternoon of 18 November 1947. A total of 41 people died and damage was...
The Catholic Cemetery has high historical significance to Tauranga as the resting place of a number of notable people, an historic archive for genealogical and historic research and a touchstone for descendants of Tauranga families. The cemetery is located at 45 Eighteenth Avenue, Tauranga South (corner of Fraser Street and Eighteenth Avenue). The first burial in the Tauranga Catholic Cemetery ...
Te Awamutu Cemetery is located at 1167 Te Rahu Road, Te Awamutu, New Zealand.
Park Island Cemetery, in Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand, was purchased in 1910 and the first burials were recorded in 1917.At the time the cemetery opened, its location was well beyond the town boundary. Access was by a road formed across the tidal Ahuriri Lagoon and surrounding marshes to Taradale. The cemetery provided burial plots until just after the Second World War.Many vi...
Location Information==This cemetery is situated at the 'Y' junction, formed by Hull Road, Colombo Road and George Street, Waiuku.==Historical Information==There are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 3 of the 1939-1945 war here. Read more about the cemetery, including a list of those those buried, here (CWGC) Find A Grave: Waiuku Cemetery
Whenua Tapu Cemetery is located on State Highway 1 between Plimmerton and Pukerua Bay.
Te Aroha Cemetery contains the official war graves of 10 men who served in the New Zealand forces during the First World War and who died before 1 September 1921. The cemetery is situated opposite the racecourse, in Stanley Road South, about 2 kilometres south of Te Aroha towards Matamata.
Ōamaru Old Cemetery THE ŌAMARU CEMETERY , which has frontages to Greta and Test Streets, and to the town boundary, was opened about the year 1860. It is a triangular plot of ground, containing twelve acres, and is well kept, being planted with ornamental trees and flower borders. There are two entrances—one on the north, and the other on the east; and the caretaker's residence is in Test Street...
Ōpunake is a small town on the southwest coast of Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island. It is located 45 kilometres southwest of New Plymouth. Ōpunake Cemetery is located in Wilson Road, off the main highway SH 45. Notable Burials: Cyril Albert Mullon who received a headstone in 2015, 100 years after his death at age 7. See:
Comprising of 5.32 hectares, Waihi Cemetery is situated in the rural area 5kms east of Waihi township, amongst farmland and orchards. Established prior to 1898 as the public cemetery for Waihi and the surrounding rural area, and the small coastal township of Waihi Beach. The Waihi Cemetery administration was vested in the Waihi Borough Council in 1902. Between 1902 and 1913 the records for the ...
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.
Waikanae Cemetery is located on the Kāpiti Coast near Wellington.
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...
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....