City Council fees and charges for cemeteries for 2022/2023.
Pay a cemetery bill (by credit card only)
- Cemetery fees as of 1 July 2022, including GST (15%).
- Burial, disinterment, and plot purchase fees must be paid in full prior to any burial or disinterment, taking place.
- The Council does not offer any payment plans.
- No interments will be scheduled without the prior approval of the Council.
Plot purchases |
Fee |
Full-size plot |
$1826.30 |
Ash plot |
$526.90 |
Child plot |
$862.50 |
Burial (9.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday) |
Fee |
Stillborn |
$202.30 |
Infant to 12 months old |
$463.20 |
Child to 6 years old (single depth interment only) |
$761.30 |
7 years old and over |
$1224.90 |
Ash interment |
$244.90 |
Green burial |
$2579.00 or actual costs if greater |
Additional |
Fee |
Burial – Saturday (9am to 12.30pm) and public holidays |
$746.00 |
Ash interment – attended by sexton on Saturday or a public holiday |
$223.80 |
Burials continuing after 4pm Monday to Friday or after 1pm Saturday |
$319.00 |
Less than 8 working hours' notice |
$303.50 |
Use of a lowering device |
$122.40 |
Muslim boards |
$351.50 |
Disinterment |
Fee |
Adult casket |
$1650.00 or actual costs if greater |
Child casket |
$1234.00 or actual costs if greater |
Ash |
$404.00 |
Memorial work |
Fee |
New headstone or plaque |
$76.60 |
Additional lettering |
$32.90 |
Renovating work |
$45.50 |
Administration |
Fee |
Supply of written information |
$69.80 per hour |
Transfer of Right of Burial |
$71.30 |