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).