Karori Cemetery

Descriptive Data

TypeAgencyDate Range1892-DescriptionThe Karori Cemetery was opened in 1892 and was operated by Wellington City Council from its inception. It is divided into different areas for Protestant, Catholic and Jewish burials and includes a lawn cemetery and crematorium. Cremation began at the Karori Cemetery Crematorium in 1909. This was the first crematorium in New Zealand. The original one, coke-fuelled furnace was supplemented by a gas-fuelled furnace in 1945. The small chapel and crematorium was designed by John Sydney Swan and built in 1909. The Karori facilities were used by other regions of New Zealand during the period up to about the 1930s. The cemetery was the responsibility of the Administration and Finance Division of WCC until 1976, when it was transferred to the Parks Department.

Series

WCC, Karori Cemetery Cremation Registers

WCC, Karori Cemetery Indexes to Cremation Registers

WCC, Karori Cemetery, Burial Deeds

WCC, Karori and Makara Cemetery, Cemeteries Grave Repairs and Maintenance Registers

WCC, Karori Cemetery, Applications for Right of Burial/Interment

WCC, Karori Cemetery, Authority to Cremate Forms

WCC, Karori Cemetery Cashbooks

WCC, Karori Cemetery correspondence with the public

WCC, Karori Cemetery, Authority to Use Niche Certificates

WCC, Karori Cemetery, Permits for Monumental Work

WCC, Karori Cemetery, correspondence relating to cremations

WCC, Karori Cemetery, correspondence with Parks Department

WCC, Karori Cemetery, correspondence with Town Clerk's Department

WCC, Karori Cemetery Cremation Certificates

WCC, Makara Cemetery, Applications for Right of Interment (or Burial)

WCC, Registers of Cremation, Karori Cemetery (Sexton's set)

WCC, Cemetery photographs

Place

Karori Cemetery

Controlling Agency or Organisation

Controlling Agency or OrganisationWellington City CouncilControlling Agency or Organisation Date Range1870-

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