Cemeteries

The Buller District Council administers four cemeteries in Westport, Mokihinui, Reefton and Karamea.

Council cemeteries currently available for interment are:

Orowaiti Cemetery - Utopia Road/State Highway 67, Westport

Mokihinui Cemetery - Lewis Street, Mokihinui

Reefton Suburban Cemetery - Buller Road, State Highway 69, Reefton

Boatmans Cemetery Boatmans Road Cronadun

Karamea Cemetery - contact Dulcie McNabb, Karamea Information Centre, phone 03 7826652 or email info@karameainfo.co.nz

 

To search the cemetary database online - Click Here

Cemetery burial records for Westport and surrounding areas are held at the Council office on Brougham Street, Westport. Cemetery records for Reefton are held at the Reefton Service Centre, Broadway, Reefton. Records for the Lyell Cemeteries are not available online.

The following is a list of closed cemeteries in the Buller District:

 

  • Middle Orowaiti Cemetery Utopia Road/State Highway 67 Westport
  • Old Orowaiti Cemetery State Highway 67 Westport
  • Old Reefton Cemetery State Highway 69, Buller Road Reefton
  • Waimangaroa Cemetery Pottingers Rd Waimangaroa
  • Charleston Cemeteries Cemetery Road Charleston
  • Inangahua Cemetery State Highway 69 Inangahua
  • State Highway 6 Westport
  • Lyell Cemetery Lyell Creek State Highway 6
  • Lyell Cemetery Roadside State Highway 6

 

 

 For further Genealogy information please contact: -

Westport Genealogy and History Group
3 Coates Street
Westport

03 789 7122

westportgenealogy@xtra.co.nz


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