Waikumete Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery and Crematorium covers an area of 108 hectares and since 1908 has served as the main cemetery for the Auckland Region. It is the largest cemetery in New Zealand and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Established in 1886, the cemetery provides for a wide range of denominational and cultural groups, and aims to offer a large number of alternative services to the bereaved.

Waikumete is one of the largest cemeteries in the Southern Hemisphere and the final resting place for over 70,000 people. It also provides the largest open space environment for passive creation within Waitakere.

The Early Chinese are buried in Public A area - 6 rows of them.

Map

http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/CnlSer/cm/pdf/cem-page1.pdf

Search

http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/default.aspx