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 |
$1787.00 |
Ash plot |
$515.60 |
Child plot |
$844.00 |
Burial (9.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday) |
Fee |
Stillborn |
$198.00 |
Infant to 12 months old |
$453.30 |
Child to 6 years old (single depth interment only) |
$745.00 |
7 years old and over |
$1198.60 |
Ash interment |
$239.70 |
Green burial |
$2524.00 or actual costs if greater |
Additional |
Fee |
Burial – Saturday (9am to 12.30pm) and public holidays |
$730.00 |
Ash interment – attended by sexton on Saturday or a public holiday |
$219.00 |
Burials continuing after 4pm Monday to Friday or after 1pm Saturday |
$312.40 |
Less than 8 working hours' notice |
$297.00 |
Use of a lowering device |
$119.80 |
Muslim boards |
$344.00 |
Disinterment |
Fee |
Adult casket |
$1615.00 or actual costs if greater |
Child casket |
$1208.00 or actual costs if greater |
Ash |
$396.00 |
Memorial work |
Fee |
New headstone or plaque |
$75.00 |
Additional lettering |
$32.20 |
Renovating work |
$42.60 |
Administration |
Fee |
Supply of written information |
$69.80 per hour |
Transfer of Right of Burial |
$69.80 |