Cemeteries and Crematorium

Council is responsible for the Rotorua Cemetery and Crematorium, as well as the Mamaku, Reporoa and Ngakuru cemeteries. Council also operates Ngongotaha’s Kauae Cemetery, which is administered by a board of trustees.

Kauae Cemetery - Ngongotaha Rd, Rotorua

• was originally a Ngati Whakauae burial ground 
• became a public cemetery in 1924 
• part is maintained particularly for current Ngati Whakauae burials.

Mamaku Cemetery - 13 Archilles Rd, Mamaku

• is small, and burials are infrequent 
• the first recorded burial was in 1906 
• Rotorua County Council took over the administration from the Mamaku Cemetery Board in the early 1960s 
• control passed to Rotorua District Council in 1979.
  

Ngakuru Cemetery - 938 Whirinaki Rd, Ngakuru

• was developed on land purchased by Council directly behind the Ngakuru Church 
• officially opened in December 1999.

Reporoa Cemetery   - 15 Homestead Rd, Reporoa

• was developed on a piece of land purchased by Council from a local farmer 
• officially opened on 17 December 1994.

Rotorua Cemetery- 160 Sala St, Rotorua

• was used for burials in the 1800s. Some of the victims of the 1886 Tarawera eruption are buried here, as well as some early transfers from an even older burial ground on the eastern side of Sala Street.

Rotorua Crematorium - 160 Sala St, Rotorua

• was opened in 1963 by the Rotorua City Council on a portion of the Sala Street cemetery reserve.

Further information 
Rotorua Cemetery and Crematorium

P: 07 349 1899
E: mail@rdc.govt.nz