This page provides the fees and forms you’ll need for burial and ash interments at our public cemeteries. Whether you're planning ahead or arranging a service, you can find costs for plots, interments, and memorial permits, along with application forms to organise a burial, reserve and purchase a plot, or request a disinterment.
Purchase a burial plot
Information about purchasing a burial plot is available on our Burial Plot page
Application forms
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Plot and interment fees
Burial plot purchase fee
Full size 2.4m x 1.2m
| Cemetery | 2025/26 |
|---|---|
| Taruheru | $1,290 |
| Motu | $355 |
| Ormond | $355 |
| Patutahi | $1,290 |
| Rakauroa | $355 |
| Ruatoria | $355 |
| Te Araroa | $355 |
| Te Puia | $355 |
| Tokomaru Bay | $1,290 |
| Tolaga Bay | $1,290 |
Children's Lawn Cemetery
0.6m x 1.2m
| Taruheru | $355 |
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Interment fee
| Description | Days | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Standard interment | Monday - Friday | $615 |
| Saturday and Sunday | $905 | |
| Statutory holiday | $1,405 | |
| Child - 12yrs and younger | Monday - Friday | $310 |
| Saturday and Sunday | $460 | |
| Statutory holiday | $705 | |
| *Out of district resident | Monday - Friday | $310 |
| Saturday and Sunday | $605 | |
| Statutory holiday | $605 |
*Out of district resident
This fee is paid in addition to the interment fee.
The fee may be waived if the deceased:
- lived within the Tairāwhiti/Gisborne district for at least 12 months before passing
- lived in the district for a continuous period of at least 10 years in their lifetime
- was a ratepayer in the district.
Statutory holiday
Statutory holidays by special arrangement only
Plot purchase for ashes and placement
| Fees | |
|---|---|
| Ashes - 450mm x 450mm berm (placement of ashes extra) | $295 |
| Garden block - includes 2 placements of ashes | $525 |
| Niche area (includes firs placement of ashes and plaque with 14 words inscription) | $265 |
| Tokomaru Bay and Tolaga Bay - 2 placements of ashes | $295 |
| Placement of ahes in any plot already purchased in cemetery | $80 |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| *Disinterment | $780 |
| Extra deep digging of grave | $185 |
*Before Council can be involved in a disinterment, an application must first be made to the Ministry of Health and a Licence to Disinter must be issued. Once the licence is issued, you may submit a request for disinterment or reinterment on the application form. For more details, see our Bylaw and the Burial and Cremation Act.