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New Zealand Cemeteries Online

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Cemeteries of New Zealand
(includes the Lawrence Cemetery, Otago) 
Many city council's are responsible for cemetery administration and provide lookups: 
advance search cemeteries District Councils  Murray's site

North Island
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Northland cemeteries

Kawarau (pdf file)
Auckland
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North Shore
Auckland Cities Libraries databases
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history of cemetery
Purewa Cemetery & Cremations (Auckland)
Cemeteries in the Auckland region
Symonds Street Cemetery Auckland 
Waikumete Cemetery
in west Auckland is the second largest in the southern hemisphere after Rookwood in Sydney. In part its location was chosen near the railway to bring funeral parties out from the city.  The first crematorium in the Auckland region was opened at Waikumete in 1923. 
Papatoetoe/Manukau  Memorial Gardens has database and site plans
Whakatane
Taupo, Turangi and Mangakino Public Cemeteries database online
Shortland Cemetery, Thames Library Burial Records Thames
Upper Coromandel Peninsula - 2005 under Colville
Central Hawke's Bay District Council Public Cemetery Enquiry online
Gisborne Cemetery Database
Hamilton
Cambridge

South Waikato

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Public Cemetery Enquiry
Rotorua Parks and Recreation, First Floor, Council Administration Building, Haupapa St. Cemeteries
South Taranaki District Council cemeteries on line search. Covers Patea, Eltham, Manaia, Hawera, Kaponga and Okaiawa cemeteries.
South Waikato Cemeteries - Tirau, Tokoroa, Putaruru x2 online

Tararua Cemeteries (Woodville, Eketanhuna and surrounding area) 
Manawatu District Council cemeteries are on-line Not Palmerston North City.
Masterton Cemeteries (Archer St & Riverside)
Mauriceville North Methodist Church cemetery
New Plymouth
online
Palmerston North (Kelvin Grove, Terrace End Cremations)
Carterton Cemetery Clareville
Kapiti Coast  Kapiti (Paraparaumu, Waikanae & Otaki) 
Horowhenua
Wanganui District Aramoho Cemetery
email
Upper Hutt burial database
Lower Hutt

Akatarawa cemetery records are now available online, part of the Upper Hutt City Council website.
Porirua and Whenua Tapu Cemetery Records  online
Tawa Flat Cemetery, Wellington
Wellington City (Bolton Street Memorial Park) an historic cemetery look ups photo
Karori cemetery, Bolton St and Makara online -  map
Castlepoint

South Island
Nelson    St. Michael's Cemetery, Waimea West
Hurunui District Council
Cemeteries online
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Banks Peninsula Cemeteries The BP council has amalgamated with the Christchurch City Council.
Christchurch     Cemeteries   Canterbury Cemeteries
A Cemeteries Database Christchurch City Libraries. Web resources: This database includes interments from the following cemeteries: Addington, Avonhead Park, Belfast, Bromley, Linwood, Memorial Park, Ruru Lawn, Sydenham, Waimairi, Woolston, Yaldhurst Cemeteries. crematoriums 
The Christchurch City Cemeteries on line database is a record of  burials in council administered cemeteries. It does does not include burials in churchyards of which there are many.
Little River Anglican Parish: transcript of Maori burial register 1893-1960. CHCH Library

St Peters Church, Church Corner, Riccarton, Christchurch
        The Times digital archive 1785-1985
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Waimakariri District Cemeteries
Ashburton District Council index
Timaru online burial records Arundel, Geraldine, Pareora West, Pleasant Point, Temuka and Timaru
Mackenzie District Council cemeteries database is online: Albury, Burkes Pass, Fairlie and Twizel

Waimate Cemeteries database  online pdf  
Woodbury Cemetery, South Canterbury online
Waitaki  - North Otago Museum
Queenstown - Lakes
Dunedin Cemeteries database online for Anderson's Bay, Port Chalmers, Portobello, Macandrew Bay, Broad Bay, Northern Cemetery, Southern Cemetery (the oldest in the city limits), Green Island (the present internment cemetery), Green Park, Otokia, East Taieri, West Taieri, Allanton, Middlemarch, and Waikouaiti. 
Dunedin

St Bathans
Waiporia, Otago  14 miles from Lawrence
Gore District Cemeteries
Invercargill  cemeteries@icc.govt.nz

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This page was last edited on 10 October 2009