Cemetery Fees & Charges
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| Unit | Fee ($) | |
|---|---|---|
Interments | ||
| Adult | 1,800.00 | |
| Child between ages 2-14 years | 500.00 | |
| Child under 2 years including stillborn and neonatal | 250.00 | |
| Ashes and urns interred in ground | 230.00 | |
| Scattering of ashes in cemetery areas - Mangatera Cemetery only (using Council or Council contract staff, no charge otherwise) | actual cost | |
| Saturdays (all day Saturday - additional to internment charges as above) | Burial Ashes | 900.00 115.00 |
| Sundays and Public Holidays (all day Sunday and Public Holidays - additional to interment charges as above) | Burial Ashes | 1,800.00 230 .00 |
| Returned Servicepersons in Servicemen’s plot area or in lawn where no Servicemen’s area exists | no charge | |
| Exhumation and/or re-interment | actual cost | |
Purchase of Plots | ||
| Adult - new lot at time of internment | 1,400.00 | |
| Child between ages 2-14 years | 500.00 | |
| Child under 2 years including stillborn and neonatal | 250.00 | |
| Returned Servicepersons in Servicemen’s plot area or in lawn where no Servicemen area exists | no charge | |
| Ashes Plot (lawn) | 400.00 | |
| Columbarium Wall niche | 350.00 | |
| Memorial Wall plaque site | 80.00 | |
| District-wide plot reservation fees (at time of internment, maximum of one adjoining plot at the time of internment) | per plot | 1,400.00 |
| District-wide plot reservation fees (maximum of two plots) | per plot | 2,800.00 |
Miscellaneous | ||
| Out of district additional fee (for persons not resident nor ratepayers in the district) | 2,000.00 | |
| Permit to erect memorials | 80.00 | |
| Breaking concrete | actual cost | |
| Manual records search (per entry, per hour) | 160.00 + actual costs (if any - e.g. travel to cemetery) | |
| Resoiling old removed concrete plots | per plot | actual cost |
| Kerbing resoiled old concrete plots | per plot | actual cost |
| Transfer of burial rights | per plot | 160.00 |
| Plot cancellation (reserved plots) | per plot | 200.00 |