About Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database

Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database

This database covers interments in Christchurch City Council managed cemeteries. Apart from some on Banks Peninsula, church cemeteries are not included. There are very few records for the Barbadoes Street cemetery listed. Cremation details are not included in this database unless there was an ashes burial.

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Details of interments from Christchurch City Council cemeteries compiled by the Greenspace Unit of the Christchurch City Council.

This resource covers interments in the Christchurch City Council cemeteries including Banks Peninsula, but not privately owned cemeteries such as St Peter’s, Upper Riccarton, or the Avonside Anglican Cemetery. It does include interments at:

  • Kaituna
  • Le Bons Bay
  • Linwood
  • Little River
  • Lyttelton Anglican
  • Lyttelton Catholic
  • Lyttelton Public
  • Lyttelton RSA
  • Memorial Park

Please note that some of the older entries are very brief.

Not all Barbadoes Street Cemetery records are included in this database, but the microfilm records can be viewed on Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

Tombstone transcripts for Christchurch cemeteries not covered by this database are held on Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

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