Interment Fees (cost recovery)

	1 July 2026 – 30 June 2027
Interment fee - single or double depth	$1,042.00
Ashes interment*	$227.00
Child interment	$1,042.00
Stillbirth or baby interment	$258.00
Additional fee, where no funeral director involved	$290.00

Burial Plot Purchase

	1 July 2026 – 30 June 2027
Burial Plot	$1,032.00
Child's plot (special section at Kaiapoi Cemetery)	$274.50
Ashes plot	$309.00
Services Cemetery plot (qualifying veterans only)	No fee
Records fee (for all burials to be paid at time of plot purchase)	$53.70
Transfer right of burial or amend Cemetery Deed	$53.70
Late fee for burial outside normal operating hours (in addition to interment fee)	$300.00
Additional interment fee where no funeral director is involved	$300.00
Memorial Permit	$78.00
Exhumation***	Actual cost of work
Repurchase plots previously sold by WDC**	Half current retail price
Breaking concrete	Actual cost of work

Note:

* Ashes interment fees are charged per ashes urn interred.

** This does not automatically apply to plots purchased prior to Council taking over management of a cemetery.

***Exhumation/Disinterments include a record fee.