Cemetery plot purchase

To reserve a plot at any public cemetery, you will need to either come into council's customer service centre and fill in a reservation form and pay for it.  Or you can go to the Taruheru Cemetery and choose a plot.  The sextons have reservation forms, then you just need to pay for it at customer services in Fitzherbert Street.Taruheru Cemetery

Fees for purchasing a plot

For one 2.4m x 1.2m plot and includes permit fee to erect a headstone.

Cemetery Fee
Taruheru $889
Matahiia $250
Motu $250
Ormond $250
Patutahi $885
Rakauroa $250
Ruatoria $250
Te Araroa $250
Te Puia $250
Tokomaru Bay $885
Tolaga Bay $885
Taruheru children's lawn cemetery - 600m x 1.2m $250

Interment fees

  Days Fee
Standard interment fee Monday to Friday $429
Children (12yrs and younger) Monday to Friday $211
Stillborn baby Monday to Friday $55
Standard interment fee Saturday $634
Children (12yrs and younger) Saturday $316
Stillborn baby
 Saturday $61
Standard interment fee Statutory holidays $976
Children (12yrs and younger) Statutory holidays $486
Interment fee for non-residents - this fee is
paid together with the standard interment fee		 Monday to Friday $211
  Saturday and statutory holidays $421

Plot purchase for ashes

Ashes - 450 x 450mm berm (placement of ashes extra) $204
Garden block (includes 2 placements of ashes) $363
Niche area (includes first placement of ashes and plaque with 14 words inscription $183
Tokomaru Bay and Tolaga Bay (2 placements of ashes) $174
Placement of ashes in any plot already purchased in the cemetery $55

Other fees

Disinterment fee $532
Extra deep digging of grave $123
Breaking of concrete $123
Last updated: 30/06/2011 12:11pm Copyright © 2007-2012 Gisborne District Council

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