Fees and Charges for Cemeteries
District Cemetery Charges
Service item | Charge (including GST) |
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Reserving the right of burial in advance | |
Reserve the right of burial in a plot (casket or ashes) – non-refundable | $180.00 |
Reserve Services Cemetery right of burial in a plot | $60.00 |
Reserve Hauraki Plains Ashes Wall Vault (purchase) | $355.00 |
Plot Purchase | Charge (including GST) |
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Casket for a resident of the Hauraki District | $640.00 |
Casket for a non-resident of the Hauraki District * (resident charge + 60%) | $975.00 |
Plaque Lawn ashes plot for a resident of the Hauraki District | $160.00 |
Plaque Lawn ashes plot for a non-resident of the Hauraki District | $195.00 |
Upright memorial for a resident of the Hauraki District | $160.00 |
Upright memorial for a n on-resident of the Hauraki District | $195.00 |
* An ‘out of district fee’ is charged for plot purchases for deceased who were not a resident or a ratepayer of the district for at least twelve months prior to date of death.
Burial Fees | Charge (including GST) |
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Ashes burial | $125.00 |
Casket burial for stillborn and under 1 year of age | $125.00 |
Casket burial for 1 year of age and older ** | $1,115.00 |
Older part of Paeroa (Pukerimu) Cemetery - (additional costs due to confined access space) | $1,390.00 |
Late Site Fee | |
Service runs more than 1 hour late | $150/hr |
Weekend - additional charge to burial fees | |
Ashes burial | $120.00 |
Casket Burial for 1 year of age and older | $265.00 |
Public holidays – additional charge to burial fees | |
Casket burial for 1 year of age and older | $335.00 |
** Up to two caskets may be interred within one plot. First and second burials are charged at the same rate.
Waihī Memorial Wall | Charge (including GST) |
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Memorial Wall plaque, inscription and attachment to wall (up to 100 letters) | $565.00 |
Inscription cost per letter over 100 letters | $0.85 |
Hauraki Plains Memorial Wall | Charge (including GST) |
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Memorial Wall inscription placed on wall | $60.00 |
Hauraki Plains Ashes Wall | Charge (including GST) |
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Vault purchase only (not including placement of ashes or plaque inscription) | $355.00 |
Single ashes placement in pre-purchased vault (including plaque inscription) | $280.00 |
Two ashes placement in pre-purchased vault (including plaque inscription) | $370.00 |
Vault purchase with single ashes placement (including plaque inscription) | $540.00 |
Vault purchase with placement of two ashes (including plaque inscription) | $705.00 |
Vault purchase with placement of first (of two) sets of ashes (including plaque inscription) | $515.00 |
Second ashes placement in pre-purchased vault (including plaque inscription) | $420.00 |
General cemetery fees | Charge (including GST) | |
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Permit to erect or modify headstone, plaque or memorial | $55.00 | |
Breaking concrete (to reinstate is family's responsibility) | At cost | |
Casket disinterment | At cost | |
Casket Re-interment | At cost | |
Ashes disinterment | At cost | |
Ashes re-interment | At cost | |
Administration fee (includes, but is not limited to, requests to change reserved plot locations and request to sell previously purchased plot back to the Council) | $60.00 | |
Request to change name registered to a reserved plot | $115.00 |
Service personnel and spouses
Under the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 the Council allocates parts of some cemeteries for eligible returned servicepersons. The cost of a plot in the Services Section of the cemetery is not passed onto the deceased person’s estate. However, the burial fee is charged as outlined above.
Veterans' Affairs New Zealand supports repairs, maintenance and upkeep of services cemeteries. The aim is that services cemeteries are places where veterans are remembered with honour, dignity, and respect, and visitors to services cemeteries will find their loved ones in a well-cared for and serene setting.
Paeroa and Waihī Cemeteries have a Services Section, and there is a Services Section available on the Hauraki Plains ashes wall. The Pūkorokoro Miranda cemetery does not contain a Services Section.