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 or you can find out details and images on specific plots by using our mapping tool.
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 |
Riverton |
Dipton, East Winton, Winton, Woodlands |
Riverton |
Lumsden, Lynwood |
Riverton |
Halfmoon Bay, Riverton, Wallacetown |
For enquiries regarding trust administered cemeteries, please contact the following cemetery trusts:
Athol Cemetery Trust |
Balfour Cemetery Trust |
Eastern Bush Cemetery Trust |
Forest Hill Cemetery Trust |
Fortrose Cemetery Trust |
Garston Cemetery Trust |
Orepuki Cemetery Trust |
Quarry Hills Cemetery Trust |
Riversdale Cemetery Trust |
Tuatapere Cemetery Trust |
Waikaia Cemetery Trust |
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 |