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The main cemetery in Tauranga is Pyes Pā Cemetery, located at 403 Pyes Pā Road. Historic cemeteries in Tauranga are now only used for reserve plot burials and ash interments, except for the Presbyterian Cemetery in Eighteenth Avenue. The first cremation and ash burial in Pyes Pā Memorial Park was Stephen Robert Solley (1885-1966) who died on 18 November 1966 age 81. The first burial was Francis...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
93-97 McKinney Road, Warkworth, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
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.
Marsden Valley Cemetery was opened in 1956, but many of the large trees, including the redwoods on the Memorial Walk, were planted over 90 years ago. Situated in the Marsden Valley, behind Stoke, this is the main cemetery in Nelson city. It caters for burials and has a Memorial Walk of plaques for those who have been cremated.
Wanganui was the second European settlement planned by the New Zealand Company after Wellington. The land was first purchased in May 1840 and the first European settlers arrived in February 1841. Heads Road was set aside by the New Zealand Company for a cemetery in its plans for Wanganui (or Petre as the town was first named) and it is one of the four earliest European public cemeteries in New ...
Location: Fraser Road, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
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
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...
Norsewood Cemetery, in Norsewood, Tararua, Southern Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, is thought to be the largest Scandinavian cemetery in Australasia. The graves of many of the Scandinavian immigrants — predominantly Norwegians — who were brought to the Norsewood district under the 1870s “assisted immigration” programmes can be found in the Norsewood Cemetery. Many of the graves in the Norsewood Cemet...
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...