Cemeteries

Cemeteries in the Southland District are either looked after by Council or a trust, or in the case of a few small burial grounds, by different groups.

If you are looking for information on a specific grave, please go to the cemetery search

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
Miscellaneous information discovered on Council files or made available by genealogists and members of the public

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

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

For enquiries regarding trust administered cemeteries, please contact the following cemetery trusts:

Athol Cemetery Trust C/- Richard Soper, PO Box 18, Athol 9749	Balfour Cemetery Trust C/- Lynda Hodge, 60 Maria Street, Lumsden 9730
Eastern Bush Cemetery Trust C/- Jacqueline Legg, 10 Township Road, RD 2, Otautau 9682	Forest Hill Cemetery Trust C/- Audrey Hogg, PO Box 75, Winton 9741
Fortrose Cemetery Trust C/- A McKenzie, 53 Neva Street, RD 5, Invercargill 9875	Garston Cemetery Trust C/- Bill Gordon, PO Box 11, Garston 9750
Orepuki Cemetery Trust C/- Francis Ramsay, 34 Surrey Street, RD 1, Riverton 9881	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	Tuatapere Cemetery Trust C/- L E Kollat, 149 Clifden Highway, RD 1, Tuatapere 9691
Waikaia Cemetery Trust C/- Ross Sage, PO Box 8, Waikaia 9745	Waikawa Cemetery Trust C/- M E Yorke, 270 Gourley Road, RD 1, Tokanui 9884

The below table list all cemeteries under the control of the Southland District Council and their addresses.

Cemetery	Address
Calcium (Isla Bank)	15 Cemetery Road, Isla Bank
Centre Hill (Mossburn)	20 Cemetery Road
Dipton	1838 South Hillend Dipton Road
Edendale	5 Scenic Reserve Road
Halfmoon Bay (Stewart Island)	13 Mapau Road
Horseshoe Bay (Stewart Island)	16 Horseshoe Point Road
Lumsden	14 Lumsden Riversdale Highway (SH 94)
Lynwood (Te Anau)	229 Whitestone Road
Mokoreta	117 Mokoreta Tahakopa Road
Otautau (New)	18 Bayswater Road
Otautau (Old)	36 Knutsford Road
Riverton	93 Riverton Otautau Road
Tararua Acre	237 Waipapa Otara Road
Wairio (Nightcaps)	22 Nightcaps Ohai Highway
Wallacetown (New)	4 Ailsa Street
Wallacetown (Old)	24 Cumnock Street
Winton (East)	25 Devereux Road
Winton (Old)	2693 Dipton Winton Highway
Woodlands	4 Woodlands Cemetery Road
Wreys Bush	212 Durham Street
Wyndham	373 Mimihau School Road

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