Waikumete Cemetery West Auckland
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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
Comments
AliciaG on 2016-02-16 23:35:50Waikumete Cemetery can now be viewed on Google street view. It was filmed in November 2015 when the wildflowers were in bloom.
janilye on 2016-02-18 15:49:52
ngairedith on 2019-08-09 04:20:15All the provided links above are now broken due to Auckland Council, He Kōrero mō te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau, combining all cemeteries, including Great Barrier Island & Hauraki Gulf Islands, into a new, easy searchable database.
* Purewa & Symonds Street are still separate.
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