The Parks Division maintains the Eastern Cemetery, the Saint John’s Cemetery in Invercargill, the Bluff Cemetery, the Greenpoint Cemetery, and the Southland Crematorium.
Inquiries should be directed to the Council’s Eastern Cemetery Office. The office is open by appointment and can be called on (03) 217 8362.
Outside these hours, please contact the Parks Office on (03) 219 9070.
Public toilets are available at the Eastern Cemetery Office and at the Crematorium Chapel during opening hours.
Fees and charges
For cemetery and crematorium fees, please refer Fees and Charges under Parks and Recreation.
Cemetery and Crematorium fees are set by the Council. Your funeral director and the cemetery attendant can advise you on the costs of different options.
Bylaws
Relevant bylaws affecting cemeteries:
- Cemeteries and Crematorium Bylaw, refer to our Bylaws page
- See also Cemeteries and Crematorium Guidelines, refer to our Bylaws page
- Urupa (Maori Burial Site) Bylaw
Opening hours
Our cemeteries are open every day from sunrise until sunset. Learn more: When is sunrise and sunset? [Metservice]
Gates locked daily. After hours contact: (03) 219 9070
Locations and Maps
- Invercargill and Bluff cemeteries: Line map overview
- Bluff Cemetery, 224 Lagan Street, Bluff: Line map | colour aerial view
- Eastern Cemetery, 10 East Road: Line map | colour aerial view
- Greenpoint Cemetery, 2377 Bluff Highway: Line map | colour aerial view
- Mason Road Urupa, 118 Mason Road (see overview map above)
- St Johns Cemetery, 70 Durham Street: Line map | colour aerial view
- Southland Crematorium, 111 Rockdale Road: Line map | colour aerial view
Cremations
The Southland Crematorium is located adjacent to the Eastern Cemetery off Rockdale Road (see map above).
The crematorium grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk. Please refer to the Southland Crematorium brochure available from the Eastern Cemetery or the Parks Office in Queens Park.
A Book of Remembrance is displayed in the foyer of the Chapel. It provides a lasting record and a dignified memorial, and can be viewed at any time at the chapel viewing window. The pages of the book are turned to the current day to display the names memorialised for that date. Anyone who wishes to record the name of a deceased person may have an inscription entered in the book.
Returned Servicemen and Servicewomen
An area of the Eastern Cemetery has been set aside for Returned Servicemen and Servicewomen. Guidance on qualification for burial in a Returned Services Cemetery should be sought from the cemetery attendant or your funeral director.
Genealogy
Records for the Invercargill and Bluff cemeteries and the Southland Crematorium are freely available on this website. Burial records and historical information are also available for a small search charge from the Eastern Cemetery Office and from the Parks Office.
- Cemetery search The ICC website provides access to more than 56,000 records, in many cases including inscriptions and headstone photographs.
Mayors’ burial sites
The Parks Department has prepared a booklet about former Mayors of Invercargill and the location of the burial sites of Mayors who have been buried in Invercargill cemeteries. To find where the Mayors are buried check the number against their name and refer to the appropriate cemetery plan.
- Past Mayors (4MB pdf)
Invercargill’s first Mayor was William Wood MLC (pictured at right); he was Mayor from 1871 to 1873.
