Makara Cemetery fees

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

Pay cemetery fee

Adult plot plaque lawn	Cost
Plot fee	$990
Beam fee	$190
Maintenance fee	$632
Interment/burial fee	$695
Total	$2,507

Children's section (maximum length: 107cm, casket)	Cost
Plot fee	$388
Beam fee	$171
Maintenance fee	$273
Interment/burial fee (stillborn)	$93
Interment/burial fee (0-12 months)	$118
Interment/burial fee (10 years and under)	$150

Denominational areas	Cost
Plot fee	$1,300
Beam fee	$190
Maintenance fee	$910
Interment/burial fee	$695
Total	$3,095

Natural burial	Cost
Plot fee	$1,510
Maintenance fee	$700
Interment/burial fee	$1,060
Total	$3,270

Second Interments (all sections)	Cost
Second interment	$1,190

Other	Cost
Permit fee for monumental work	$97
Indigent interment/burial fee	$210
Outside district fee - indigent *	$156
Outside district fee - ash plot *	$475
Outside district fee - casket plot *	$1,181
Temporary grave markers (13 month lease)	$160
Muslim boards (adult)	$193
Muslim boards (child)	$113
Funerals booked after 3.30pm	$226
Public holiday casket fee (additional)	$1000
Public holiday ash interment fee (additional)	$501
Cancellation fee	$110

Weekend overtime	Cost
Casket interment additional fee	$712
Ashes interment additional fee	$230

Ash beam	Cost
Plot fee	$295
Beam fee	$171
Maintenance fee	$171
Interment/burial fee	$178
Total	$815

01/2A - section either side of Ash Circle	Cost
Plot fee	$557
Maintenance fee	$171
Interment/burial fee	$178
Total	$906

New Mākara Ash Garden	Cost
Plot fee	$2434
Ash interment fee	$178
Total	$2612

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