Makara Cemetery fees

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

Pay cemetery fee

Adult plot plaque lawn Cost
Plot fee $985
Beam fee $175
Maintenance fee $632
Interment/burial fee $656
Total $2,448
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 $1,266
Beam fee $184
Maintenance fee $903
Interment/burial fee $688
Total $3,041
Natural burial Cost
Plot fee $1,500
Maintenance fee $700
Interment/burial fee $1,052
Total $3,252
Second Interments (all sections) Cost
Second interment $1,182
Other Cost
Permit fee for monumental work $92
Indigent interment/burial fee $210
Outside district fee - indigent * $149
Outside district fee - ash plot * $452
Outside district fee - casket plot * $1,125
Temporary grave markers (13 month lease) $155
Muslim boards (adult) $187
Muslim boards (child) $110
Funerals booked after 3.30pm $195
Public holiday casket fee (additional) $952
Public holiday ash interment fee (additional) $477
Cancellation fee $105
Weekend overtime Cost
Casket interment additional fee $678
Ashes interment additional fee $226
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 $530
Maintenance fee $163
Interment/burial fee $173
Total $866

* Applies to plots where deceased lived outside Wellington City for 5 or more years (out of district fee).