Cemeteries

The Council manages 10 out of the 11 cemeteries in the Queenstown Lakes District.

Burial records

The Council holds information and burial records for the following cemeteries:

• Albert Town Cemetery.
• Arrowtown Cemetery.
• Cardrona Cemetery.
• Frankton Cemetery.
• Glenorchy Cemetery.
• Kingston Cemetery.
• Makarora Cemetery.
• Queenstown Cemetery.
• Skippers Point Cemetery.
• Wanaka Cemetery.

For information and burial records for the Lake Hawea Cemetery contact:  Donald Urquhart 03 443 1426.

Cemetery Maps

>>Arrowtown Cemetery Overview  (pdf 425 kb)

>>Arrowtown Cemetery - Old Area (pdf 1.3 MB) 

>>Arrowtown Cemetery - New Upper (pdf 1.45 MB)

>>Arrowtown Cemetery -New Lower (pdf 1.14 MB)      

>>Cardrona Cemetery (pdf 198 kb)   

>>Frankton Cemetery (pdf 427kb)

>>Glenorchy Cemetery (pdf 359 kb) 

>>Hawea Cemetery ( pdf 666 kb) 

>>Makarora Cemetery   (pdf 163 kb) 

>>Queenstown Cemetery   (pdf 867 kb)

>>Skippers Point Cemetery   (pdf 109 kb) 

>>Wanaka Cemetery (pdf 1.47 mb)

The Kingston and Albert Town cemetery maps are unavailable.

Cemetery Strategy

The Council has a Cemetery Strategy which outlines how the Council will manage cemeteries in the future, including managing the effects of growth.

>> Queenstown Lakes District Cemetery Strategy 2005 (pdf 879kb)

Cemetery Operations Procedures

The Cemetery Operations Procedures provides guidelines to ensure a consistent and reliable provision of cemetery services in the District.

>> Queenstown Lakes District Cemetery Operations Procedures (pdf 26.7KB)

Cemetery fees

>> Queenstown Lakes District cemetery fees (pdf 27.4kb)

Monument permit

A permit must be obtained for any monumental work to be carried out in any cemetery in the Queenstown Lakes District.  Please fill in an application form and return it to:

Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348 or email services@qldc.govt.nz 

>> Monument permit application form (pdf 17.7kb)

Interment

>> Authority to inter (pdf 24.4kb)