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Reserve and purchase a cemetery plot
To purchase and reserve a burial plot at a public cemetery, fill in the Purchase a Cemetery Plot form.
To choose a plot at Taruheru, Tokomaru Bay, Te Puia Springs, Tolaga Bay, Ormond or Patutahi, you can check what plot availability here online Cemeteries online
Or talk to customer service or the team at Taruheru Cemetery.
Application forms
Fees for plots and interment
Cost for one 2.4m x 1.2m plot and includes permit fee to erect a headstone.
| Cemetery | Fee |
| Taruheru | $1,162 |
| Motu | $320 |
| Ormond | $320 |
| Patutahi | $1,162 |
| Rakauroa | $320 |
| Ruatoria | $320 |
| Te Araroa | $320 |
| Te Puia | $320 |
| Tokomaru Bay | $1,162 |
| Tolaga Bay | $1,162 |
| Taruheru children's lawn cemetery 600m x 1.2m | $320 |
| Days | Fee | |
| Standard interment fee | Monday to Friday | $556 |
| Saturday and Sunday | $816 | |
| Statutory holidays | $1,266 | |
| Children (12yrs and younger) | Monday to Friday | $272 |
| Saturday and Sunday | $414 | |
| Statutory holidays | $633 | |
| Stillborn baby | Monday to Friday | $74 |
| Saturday and Sunday | $84 | |
| Additional fee for non-residents, paid together with the standard interment fee | Monday to Friday Weekend and statutory holidays | $272 $544 |
| Ashes - 450 x 450mm berm (placement of ashes extra) | $262 |
| Garden block (includes 2 placements of ashes) | $472 |
| Niche area (includes first placement of ashes and plaque with 14 words inscription) | $237 |
| Tokomaru Bay and Tolaga Bay (2 placements of ashes) | $262 |
| Placement of ashes in any plot already purchased in the cemetery | $74 |
| Disinterment fee | $702 |
| Extra deep digging of grave | $168 |
| Breaking of concrete | $168 |