Contact the Cemeteries team
For general enquiries, please contact us online(external link), call 03 941 8646 or email cemeteries@ccc.govt.nz.
Apply for burial or interment
Applications need to be received with no fewer than one working day's notice (Monday to Friday) for Christchurch City cemeteries and no fewer than two working days' notice for Banks Peninsula cemeteries.
Pay a cemetery bill
Pay a cemetery bill by credit card.
Cemetery records – Find a grave
Cemetery records are held in a number of different places.
Purchasing a plot
Burial and ashes plots can be purchased directly from the Council or through your funeral director.
Casket and ash burials/interments
Apply for burial or ash interment.
Operational cemeteries
Council-operated cemeteries are open seven days a week.
Cemetery fees
List of fees including burial, ashes interment, disinterment and plot purchase fees.
Headstones and monuments
Support with repairs and maintenance of monuments and headstones.
Map of Christchurch cemeteries
Location of the 22 operating cemeteries and five closed cemeteries administered by Council.
Historic cemeteries
Information about the five closed cemeteries in Christchurch.
Cemeteries Handbook
The conditions that apply to activities and conduct in cemeteries.
Opening hours and access
Cemeteries are open for public visiting seven days a week.