Cemetery search｜Services we provide｜Fees and forms｜Cemeteries in Porirua｜History and heritage
Rapu urupā
Cemetery search
You can search our burial and cremation records for our three public cemeteries, Whenua Tapu, Porirua Cemetery, and Pāuatahanui Burial Ground.
Burial records date from 1975 for Whenua Tapu, 1895 for Porirua Cemetery, and 1850 for Pāuatahanui Burial Ground.
Ngā ratonga hoatū ai mātou
Services we provide
What happens when a loved one dies? We are here to help.
Whenua Tapu gives you the option of burial or cremation. Porirua and Pāuatahanui cemeteries are available for second internments and ashes internments, only into existing plots.
You can hire the Whenua Tapu Crematorium Chapel for a funeral service. There are also many local funeral directors available to assist you. We can also help you to arrange a cremation or burial without a funeral director.
Ngā utu me ngā puka mō tētahi tangi
Fees and forms for a funeral
Arranging a funeral can be a daunting task, with the death of a loved one and the pressure of handling all the arrangements. You can see all the burial and cremation options here, which includes pricing and forms.
If you have any questions, please phone the Council contact centre on (04) 237 5089 or email [email protected] (we check emails during business hours).
Our team can also help with advice about funeral arrangements.
A mātou urupā katoa
Our cemeteries
Porirua City manages three public cemeteries: Whenua Tapu, Porirua Cemetery, and Pāuatahanui Burial Grounds.
There are also a number of historic cemeteries in the district.
Ngā kōrero hītori me ngā taonga tuku iho
History and heritage
Our cemeteries contain not just gravesites and memorials, but they provide somewhere where the stories of our community can be told. There are many notable graves within our cemeteries.
Porirua Cemetery contains gravesites and memorials, and is also somewhere where the stories of our veterans, pioneers and settlers can be told. Tales of a number of the veterans interred there have been diligently crafted together by historian Allan Dodson. You can read more about the notable graves here
Heritage Roses New Zealand Inc has recognised the Pāuatahanui Burial Ground’s roses as a nationally significant planting of historic roses.
Te whakahaere o a mātou urupā katoa
Managing our cemeteries
We manage three public cemeteries in Porirua and Our Cemetery Management Plan sets out the policies that will help us achieve this vision.
The Cemetery Management Plan was adopted by Council on 17 October 2012.
- Cemeteries Management Plan 2012 (765KB pdf) - under review currently
- Porirua City General Bylaws - Part 4, Cemeteries and Crematoria (227 KB pdf)
