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Cemeteries

The Council is responsible for arranging burials in the following cemeteries and holds the records for the Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, Ranfurly and Naseby Cemeteries.

If you are looking for the burial plot of a relative or family member you can contact the Council’s Administration Officer in Alexandra, or call in at any Council office and one of our customer services officers will search the database records for you.

Buying a plot

Contact the Council’s Administration Officer on 03 440 0056.  Cemetery fees and charges are set out below:

Central Otago Cemeteries

Cemeteries are managed by the Council or separate cemetery trusts. Contact details for people wishing to make enquiries, follow below.

Alexandra Cemetery
(alphabetical blocks)

Central Otago District Council
PO Box 122
Alexandra
Telephone: 03 440 0056

 
   

Blackstone Hill Cemetery
(rows)

Ken Gillespie
R D
Oturehua
Ranfurly
Telephone: 03 444 5817

Transcripts held at Ranfurly

   

Clyde Cemetery
(Religious quarters/pattern)

Central Otago District Council
P O Box 122
Alexandra
Telephone: 03 440 0056

 
   

Cromwell Cemetery
(numbered blocks)                  

Central Otago District Council
P O Box 122
Alexandra
Telephone: 03 440 0056

 
   

Danseys Pass/Kyeburn Diggings Cemetery

David Crutchley
Shortlands Station
R D 1
Naseby
Telephone: 03 444 9621

 
   

Drybread Cemetery                            

Tony and Karen Glassford
419 Glassford Road
Omakau
Phone Number 03 447 3955

Transcript (headstones only, up to 1977) held in Alexandra

   

Ettrick Cemetery        

Cliff Parker 
Ettrick Cemetery Trustee
30 Scotland Street 
Roxburgh
Telephone: 03 446 9003

 
   

Gimmerburn Cemetery
(rows) 

Max Paterson
Gimmerburn
R D 1
Ranfurly
Telephone: 03 444 9280

Transcripts up to 1981 held in Ranfurly

   

Hamiltons Cemetery
(closed)           

Central Otago District Council
P O Box 122
Alexandra
Telephone 03 440 0056

Transcripts up to 1981 held at Ranfurly office
For other queries, try Heather Benson (Friends of Hamiltons) Telephone: 03 444 9291
or Glenda Herlihy
Telephone: 03 444 7860

   

Ida Valley Cemetery, also known as Moa Creek Cemetery
(closed)

Geoffrey Nevill
Moa Creek
RD2
Oturehua
Telephone: 03 447 3627

Transcript (headstones only) up to 1974 held in the Alexandra office

   

Kyeburn-Kokonga Cemetery also known as the Swinburn
(rows) 

C/- Maree Jopp
Kokonga
R D 3
Ranfurly
Telephone: 03 444 9669

Transcripts up to 1981 held at Ranfurly

   

 Kyeburn Diggings Cemetery

David Crutchley
Shortlands Station
R D 1
Naseby
Telephone: 03 444 9621

Transcript up to 1981 held at Ranfurly office

   

Millers Flat Cemetery

Pam Reichel
Millers Flat Cemetery Trustee
State Highway 8
Ettrick
Telephone: 03 446 6727

 
   

Naseby Cemetery
(sections/pattern)

Central Otago District Council
P O Box 122
Alexandra
Telephone: 03 440 0056

 
   

Nevis Cemetery
(closed)

Central Otago District Council 
P O Box 122
Alexandra
Telephone: 03 440 0056

Files lost and little supporting data left.  Remaining data held in Alexandra office

   

Omakau Cemetery
(Blacks Cemetery)
(Rows)

Blacks Cemetery Trust
P O Box 267
Alexandra

Secretary: Mrs P Harris
Blacks Cemetery Trust
Cobham Crescent
Omakau
Telephone: 03 447 3784 (evenings)

Don MacLean (Chairperson)White Road
RD
Omakau
Telephone: 03 447 3815
Telephone: 03 440 0056

Two transcripts up to 1983 held in Alexandra office

   

Ranfurly Cemetery
(rows)

Central Otago District Council
P O Box 122
Alexandra
Telephone: 03 440 0056

 
   

Roxburgh Cemetery

Brian McLean
Secretary
Roxburgh Cemetery Trust
Roxburgh East Road
1 R D
Roxburgh
Telephone: 03 446 8178

One transcript (up to 1990) in Alexandra, one transcript in the Roxburgh office and one transcript in the Roxburgh museum (Mrs Lusby: 03 446 8494)

   

St Bathans Public and Church Cemetery

Earl Harrex
St Bathans Downs Road
St Bathans
Telephone: 03 447 3609

Transcripts up to 1981 held at Ranfurly

   

St Bathans Catholic Cemetery

Earl Harrex
St Bathans Downs Road
St Bathans
Telephone: 03 447 3609

 
   

Swinburn Cemetery (see Kyeburn–Kokonga Cemetery)

  
   

Tarras Cemetery

Heather Perriam
Bendigo Station
R D 3
Cromwell
Telephone: 03 445 2769

Mr Robbie Gibson
Telephone: 03 445 2839

 

 

Cemetery Fees and Charges

Alexandra Cemetery (Contact CODC Alex)

 

Plot Fees

 

 

 

Standard Plot
Ashes Plot

640.00
320.00

 

Burial Fees

 

 

 

Standard re-opening and burial
Burial of Ashes
Burial of Infants/ reopening (up to 2 years)
Extraordinary costs

560.00
260.00
320.00
At Cost

 

 

 

Cromwell Cemetery (Contact CODC Crom)

 

Plot Fees

 

 

 

Standard Plot
Ashes Plot
Memorial Structures Plot

495.00
250.00
495.00

 

Burial Fees

 

 

 

Standard re-opening and burial
Burial of Ashes
Burial of Infants/ reopening (up to 2 years)
Memorial Structures Burials
Memorial Structures Burials Stillborn and Infants
Extraordinary costs

520.00
260.00
260.00
515.00
290.00
At Cost

 

 

 

Clyde Cemetery (Contact CODC Alex)

 

Plot Fees

 

 

 

Standard Plot
Ashes Plot

510.00
255.00

 

Burial Fees

 

 

 

Standard re-opening and burial
Burial of Ashes
Burial of Infants/ reopening (up to 2 years)
Extraordinary costs

495.00
250.00
250.00
At Cost

 

Ranfurly Cemetery (Contact CODC Ranfurly)

 

 

Standard Plot
Ashes Plot

240.00
120.00

 

 

 

Naseby Cemetery (Contact CODC Ranfurly)

 

 

Standard Plot

240.00