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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.
Bolton Street Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Wellington, New Zealand. Dating back to 1840, it commemorates many early pioneers and important historical figures from the 19th century. It was closed in 1892, except for burials of close kin within existing family plots; this was due to inadequate space as the city grew. In 1978 the name “Bolton Street Memorial Park” was adopted to emphasise th...
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
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...
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...
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New Zealand.The cemetery opened in 1916 and was managed pursuant to the Cemeteries Acts 1908 and 1922, which were superseded by the Burial and Cremation Act 1964.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.
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...
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
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...
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...
Hamilton East Cemetery was developed in 1863 - 1866. Some of the first settlers of Hamilton are buried here.
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...
Location Information This cemetery is located in Scotland Street, off the main highway, Pātea. Historical Information There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 2 of the 1939-1945 war here. World War I: Private James Carradus Private Samuel Floyd World War II: Private Stanley George Martin Lance Sergeant John Sequel Wilson
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...
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...
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...
Katikati is a town located in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand’s North Island between Tauranga and Waihī. The Uretara Stream flows next to the town and into the northern end of Tauranga Harbour. The area was first settled by tangata whenua, and the following marae can be found nearby; • Te Rereatukahia marae located in Katikati. The principal hapū is Ngāi Tamawhariua of Ngāi Te Rangi i...
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...
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...
Kelvin Grove Cemetery in Palmerston North has been in operation since 1927. Cemetery and cremation search
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...