Cemeteries

Cemeteries in the Southland District are either looked after by Council, or by a Trust, or in the case of a few small burial grounds, by different groups. There are 64 cemeteries or grave sites in Southland, 21 of which are managed by Council.

Council holds duplicate copies of all known cemetery records, and originals from Council administered cemeteries.

Other cemetery information held by Council includes all known information on historic burial sites, some "lonely graves" on private land, closed or disused cemeteries, such as at Clifden, Horseshoe Bay, Tararua Acre and Mokoreta, Maori burial grounds and miscellaneous information discovered on Council files or made available by genealogists and members of the public.

Please click on the link to search cemetery records in the Southland District.

Please click on the link to find out fees and charges for burial in Southland District cemeteries.

Council has also developed a report on cemeteries in the District. This is a very comprehensive document that identifies every cemetery/grave side that Council knows about and highlights who is responsible for the site and what condition it is in. Please contact Council on 0800 732 732 if you would like a copy.

Council welcomes all additional information and corrections of errors in our data.

For enquiries regarding Council administered cemeteries, please contact the following District offices:

Office Cemeteries Administered 
Invercargill Edendale, Lumsden, Wallacetown, Woodlands, Wyndham
Otautau Centre Hill, Otautau, Riverton, Wairio, Wreys Bush 
Winton Dipton, East Winton, Winton
Te Anau Lynwood
Stewart Island   Halfmoon Bay

For enquiries regarding Trust administered cemeteries, please contact the following Cemetery Trusts: 

 

Athol Cemetery Trust
C/- Robert Durling
PO Box 11
Athol 9749

Balfour Cemetery Trust
C/- Lynda Hodge
PO Box 26
Balfour 9746

Calcium Cemetery Trust
C/- E Milne
31 Isla Bank Flints Bush Road
RD 3 Otautau 9683  

Forest Hill Cemetery Trust
C/- D Irwin
41 Forest Hill Crossing Road
RD 1 Winton 9781
djirwin@woosh.co.nz

Fortrose Cemetery Trust
C/- A McKenzie
Green Bush
298 Fortrose Otara Road
RD 5 Invercargill 9875
ann@greenbush.co.nz

Garston Cemetery Trust
C/- Bill Gordon
PO Box 11
Garston 9750
b.gordon@xtra.co.nz

Orepuki Cemetery Trust
C/- W Watson
37 Fryer Road
RD 1 Riverton 9881
wwatson@slingshot.co.nz 

Quarry Hills Cemetery Trust
C/- G L Buckingham
1085 Niagara Tokanui Highway
RD 1 Tokanui 9884

Riversdale Cemetery Trust
C/- Mrs S J Welsh
PO Box 90
Riversdale 9744
ShonaJeanne@xtra.co.nz

Tuatapere Cemetery Trust
C/- W Howden
1 Morton Street
Tuatapere 9620
whowden@clear.net.nz

Waikaia Cemetery Trust
C/- Ross Sage
PO Box 8
Waikaia 9745

Waikawa Cemetery Trust
C/- M E Yorke
15 Bell Road
RD 1 Tokanui 9884

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

About this page

First added: 2 March 2009
Last updated: 9 November 2009

Who to contact

If you would like to discuss a matter on this page, feel free to contact us:

Southland District Council
P.O. Box 903
Invercargill 9840
Phone: 0800 732 732
Fax: 0800 732 329
emailsdc@southlanddc.govt.nz