Cemeteries
Buller District Council administers four cemeteries in Westport, Mōkihinui, Cronadun and Reefton.
Find a cemetery record
You can search our cemetery records by first name and surname.
Some plot numbers in the search database are duplicated (depending on the year of interment), so when you click on ‘other interments, ’ it does not necessarily mean that all the people listed as ‘other interments’ are buried in the exact same plot.
Cemetery burial records for Westport and surrounding areas are held at the Council office on Brougham Street, Westport.
Cemetery records for Reefton are held at the Reefton Service Centre, Broadway, Reefton.
Records for the Lyell Cemeteries are not available online.
If you have any queries please contact our Customer Services team on 0800 807 239.
Open cemeteries
Council cemeteries currently available for interment are:
- Orowaiti Cemetery – Utopia Road, Westport
- View the Orowaiti new cemetery plots.
- Mōkihinui Cemetery – Lewis Street, Mōkihinui
- Reefton Suburban Cemetery – Buller Road, Reefton
- Boatmans Cemetery – Boatmans Road, Cronadun
- Please note, there are only ASH interments available at this cemetery.
- Karamea Cemetery is run by a Board of Trustees, located – Ōpārara Loop Road, Karamea
- View the Karamea Cemetery plots.
- Karamea Cemetery Site Plan and Register
Closed cemeteries
The following is a list of closed cemeteries in the Buller District:
- Middle Orowaiti Cemetery, Utopia Road/State Highway 67, Westport
- Old Orowaiti Cemetery, State Highway 67, Westport
- Old Reefton Cemetery, State Highway 69, Buller Road, Reefton
- Waimangaroa Cemetery, Pottingers Road, Waimangaroa
- Charleston Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Charleston
- Inangahua Cemetery, State Highway 69, Inangahua
- Addisons Flat Cemetery, State Highway 6, Westport
- Lyell Cemetery, Lyell Creek, State Highway 6
- Lyell Cemetery, Roadside State Highway 6
