Services » Facilities » Cemeteries » Cemetery and crematorium charges
The Council charges cover the purchase of the burial plot, digging and filling in of the grave, inspection of the headstone or plaque to ensure it complies with maintenance requirements, and a percentage of the ongoing cost of cemetery upkeep. Most people pay for this through the funeral director, rather than direct to council. The full cost of running the cemeteries is subsidised from the rates as part of the community's responsibility to provide this service.
| Burial plots | Fee |
|---|---|
| Single plot, 2.4m x 1.2m |
$1250
|
| Single plot, 1.8m x 0.9m, set apart for interment of children child 5-12 years |
$650
|
| Single plot, 1.8m x 0.9m, set apart for interment of children up to 5 years including stillborn |
$250
|
| Natural Burial Plot | to be confirmed |
| Out of district - additional fee on any plot |
$1110
|
| All charges include GST of 12.5% as of June 2010 |
|
| Burial | Fee |
|---|---|
| Burial plot aged 12 years upwards |
$625
|
| Burial plot child 5-12 years |
$415
|
| Burial plot up to 5 years including stillborn |
$125
|
| Burial Disinterment | $900 |
| Reinterment |
$625
|
| Saturday additional fee on any plot | $140 |
| Public holiday additional fee on any plot | $285 |
| All charges include GST of 12.5% as of June 2010 |
|
| Ash plots | Fee |
|---|---|
| Burial of cremated remains in ash plot without beam, 1.2m x 0.6m (up to four); Memorial Walk, Marsden Valley Cemetery, Wakapuaka Cemetery Lawn |
$300
|
| Burial of cremated remains, in ash plot with beam, 1.2m x 0.6m (up to two), ashes, kerbs and walls; Marsden Valley Cemetery and Seaview Cemetery |
$400
|
| Bellbird ashes lawn family plot (up to eight) |
$700
|
| Out of district - additional fee on any ashes plot |
$345
|
| Memorial kerb plaque only | $130 |
| All charges include GST of 12.5% as of June 2010 | |
| Charge |
Fee
|
|---|---|
| Ash interment |
$115
|
| Ash disinterment |
$115
|
| Saturday additional fee on any plot |
$85
|
| Public holiday - additional fee on any plot | $90 |
| All charges include GST of 12.5% as of June 2010 | |
| Service | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Late funerals extending after 3.30pm | $100 | |
| Transfer of interest For transfer of interest in any purchase of exclusive right of burial in any plot. |
$85
|
|
| Records Genealogical Research - the first hour is free, thereafter a single charge is due. |
$50
(per hour) |
|
| Approval of installation of plaque. Plaques are to meet the Council's specifications and bylaws. | $40 | |
| All charges include GST of 12.5% as of June 2010 | ||
| Crematorium | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Human cremation |
$360
|
|
| Chapel hire |
$150
|
|
| Chapel dressing |
$250
|
|
| All charges include GST of 12.5% as of June 2010 | ||
Last updated: 03/08/2010 12:20pm
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