Makara Cemetery fees

Find out about or pay fees for services at Makara Cemetery.

Pay cemetery fee

 
  Charge
Adult Plot Plaque Lawn
Plot fee $985
Beam fee $175
Maintenance fee $574
Interment fee $656
Total $2390
Children's Section
(maximum length: 107cm, casket)
Plot fee $388
Beam fee $166
Maintenance fee
  $265
Interment fee (stillborn) $90
Interment fee (0-12 months) $115
Interment fee (10 years and under) $147
Denominational Areas
Plot fee $1206
Beam fee $175
Maintenance fee $821
Interment fee $656
Total $2858
Second Interments (all sections) $1182
Natural Burial
Plot fee $1351
Maintenance fee $643
Interment fee $976
Total $2970
Other
Permit fee for monumental work $84 
Indigent interment fee $210
Outside district fee - indigent * $142
Outside district fee - ash interment * $430
Outside district fee - casket interment * $913
Temporary grave markers (13 month lease) $142
Muslim boards (adult)  $178
Muslim boards (child)  $105
Funerals booked after 3.30pm $195
Public Holiday fee $864
Cancellation fee $105
Weekend overtime
Casket interment $646
Ashes interment $215
Ash Beam
Plot fee $295
Beam fee $166
Maintenance fee $163
Interment fee $163
Total $787 
01/2A - section either side of Ash Circle
Plot fee $505
Maintenance fee $163
Interment fee $163
Total $831

* Applies to plots where deceased lived outside Wellington City for 5 or more years.