Memorial seats and trees

Seats can be in areas like:

• parks and reserves
• around play areas
• some sportsfields
• along walking tracks
• existing seats with no plaques.

Where you can't have a seat

There are several areas that are either full or not suitable for seats.

These include:

• Charles Plimmer Park
• Railway Station Reserve
• Leonie Gill Reserve
• Glover Park
• Midland Park
• Cobble Stone Park
• Mount Victoria Lookout/Byrd Memorial
• Pukeahu Memorial Park
• Te Aro Park
• Wellington Waterfront
• Waitangi Park
• The South Coast.

Find out more about our parks and reserves

Seat plaques are generally 80x250mm and have 15 – 25 words.

Plaques may be added to existing seats, but you need permission from the Council.

The design depends on the location because it will need to match existing furniture in the area.

In remote areas a bench seat may be needed, and in some areas it may be possible to choose a picnic table. 

The cost for a standard seat and plaque in a park or reserve is $2,500.

If it’s in a more remote location, costs range between $2,000 - $4,000. For example, Oriental Parade is $2760.

The cost includes the seat, plaque, installation and future maintenance of the seat. 

Trees can be planted at:

• Victory Gardens on Mt Victoria
• Willowbank Park in Tawa
• Makara Cemetery. 

Trees cost $280.

This pays for the tree, its planting and initial care, and helps with maintenance over its lifetime. We don’t allow plaques for the planted trees.

Family and friends can plant or help plant the tree. Wellington City Council staff need to be present at all tree plantings.

If you want to bury a placenta or ashes during the tree planting, you need to let us know when you apply.

You can do this at Makara Cemetery and Willowbank Park in Tawa.