Makara Cemetery fees

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

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Adult plot plaque lawn

 Cost
Plot fee $985
Beam fee $175
Maintenance fee $632
Interment/burial fee $656
Total $2448

Children's section (maximum length: 107cm, casket)

 Cost
Plot fee $388
Beam fee $166
Maintenance fee
  $265
Interment/burial fee (stillborn) $90
Interment/burial fee (0-12 months) $115
Interment/burial fee (10 years and under) $147

Denominational areas

 Cost
Plot fee $1266
Beam fee $184
Maintenance fee $903
Interment/burial fee $688
Total $3041

Natural burial

 Cost
Plot fee $1500
Maintenance fee $700
Interment/burial fee $1052
Total $3252

Second Interments (all sections)

 Cost
Second interment $1182

Other

 Cost
Permit fee for monumental work $92 
Indigent interment/burial fee $210
Outside district fee - indigent * $142
Outside district fee - ash interment * $430
Outside district fee - casket interment * $1071
Temporary grave markers (13 month lease) $149
Muslim boards (adult)  $178
Muslim boards (child)  $105
Funerals booked after 3.30pm $195
Public Holiday fee $907
Cancellation fee $105

Weekend overtime

 Cost
Casket interment $646
Ashes interment $215

Ash beam

 Cost
Plot fee $295
Beam fee $166
Maintenance fee $163
Interment/burial fee $173
Total $797

01/2A - section either side of Ash Circle

 Cost
Plot fee $505
Maintenance fee $163
Interment/burial fee $173
Total $841

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