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* Ashburton District Council cemeteries
Includes Ashburton, Methven, Rakaia, Chertsey, Mt Somers, Ruapuna, Alford Forest, Winslow, Hinds, Waterton, Barrhill, Dorie, Windermere, Coldstream and Cracroft.
* Cemeteries at Cambridge
* Cemeteries, Waimakariri District Council
Locations and other information about the cemeteries maintained by the council.
* Cemetery records - Hillsborough - Onetangi, Waiheke Island - Otahuhu Public - Waikaraka Auckland
* Cemetery records - Symonds Street and St Stephens, Parnell Auckland
* Central Hawke's Bay District Council Public Cemetery Database
* Christchurch City Council Cemeteries
Information about historic cemeteries and genealogical information, including the cemeteries on Banks Peninsula administered by the Christchurch City Council.
* Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database
This database includes interments from the following cemeteries: Addington Cemetery, Avonhead Park Cemetery, Barbadoes Street, Belfast Cemetery, Bromley Cemetery, Linwood Cemetery, Memorial Park Cemetery, Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Sydenham Cemetery, Waimairi Cemetery, Woolston Cemetery, Yaldhurst Cemetery.
* Dunedin cemetery information
Includes database of all burials and cremations recorded at Dunedin Cemeteries.
* Ex-Service Memorials and Cemeteries
Unlike many other countries, New Zealand has specifically designated areas within public cemeteries, and stand-alone individual cemeteries, for the interment of veterans, irrespective of whether death was due to service or to natural causes. These are called Services Cemeteries and there are now 178 of these throughout New Zealand. From Veterans' Affairs New Zealand
* Friends of Bolton Street Memorial Park Wellington
Bolton Street Memorial Park, previously known as the Bolton Street Cemetery,in central Wellington contains the city's original burial ground. This searchable database lists 8,500 people known to be buried there.
* Hamilton City Council Cemetery Database
Online database for 3 Hamilton cemeteries: Hamilton East, Hamilton West, and Hamilton Park Cemeteries.
* Hastings District Council's Online Cemetery Records Database
Records from the four Hastings District cemeteries - Hastings, Havelock North, Mangaroa and Puketapu.
* Hauraki District Council Cemetaries
* Horowhenua Cemeteries Database
Includes photos of headstones and maps
* Hurunui District Council Cemeteries Database
Cemetery records for Balcairn, Culverden, Glenmark, Waipara, Hanmer Springs, Homeview, Cheviot, Horsley Down, Rotherham, Waiau and Waikari cemeteries.
* Kapiti Coast District Council Cemeteries
* Mackenzie District Council's Cemetery Database
* Manawatu District Council Cemetery Records
* Manukau Memorial Gardens Genealogy Database
Originally Papatoetoe Cemetery
* Masterton Cemetery Archives Database
* Nelson City Council Cemeteries Database
* New Plymouth District Council Cemetery Search
* North Shore City Council's online cemetery search
* Northern Cemetery
Dunedin's historic Northern Cemetery searchable website. Supervised Student Projects from the Otago Polytechnics School of Information Technology and Southern Heritage Trust.
* NZ Cemeteries Online
Personal site listing of cemetery transcripts and/or cemetery information. Not comprehensive.
* Palmerston North City Council Cemeteries Database
* Porirua City Council Cemetery Database
* South Taranaki District Council Cemetery Database
* Tararua District Council Cemeteries Database
* Tasman District Council Cemeteries
Find people buried in the Tasman region.
* Taupo District Council cemetery databases online
* Timaru District Cemeteries Online
* Upper Hutt City Council Cemetery Database
Akatarawa Cemetery records
* Waimate District Cemeteries records
* Westland District Council
Records from Hokitika, Kumara, Ross, Stafford and Whataroa cemeteries.
* Whangarei District Council Cemetery Search
Details of interments in most of the Whangarei district cemeteries are now held in a searchable database, on the Council website. The cemeteries are:- Hukerenui, Kamo, Kaurihohore, Kioreroa, Marua, Maunu, Ngunguru, Onerahi, Parua Bay, Waipu, Whareora. There are 18308 burial and 10448 cremation records in the database.
* Which cemetery are they buried in? a guide to locating burials
This guide aims to help researchers find out where an individual has been buried.

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