City Parks would like to notify people wanting to erect memorial works on their family grave(s) of the necessity of obtaining a permit from City Parks first.

In recent years numerous memorial works have been constructed by families without obtaining official permits. This has resulted in the grave stones being the incorrect width and their being placed on the incorrect grave in some instances. Adjacent graves are also often encroached on, and when the family applies for a permit to erect memorial work, the illegal encroachment has to be removed.

In order to prevent this from happening, the City will in future take stricter control and remove illegal work where necessary.

Permits can be obtained from City Parks’ booking offices, listed below:

Northern District: 021 550 1052/3
Southern District: 021 710 9437
Central District: 021 929 4561/2
Eastern Cemetery: 021 900 1676/1902/1659

Residents are also reminded that it is the family’s responsibility to maintain memorial work(s). Family members are urged to visit the grave(s) at least once a year and take responsibility for any restoration.

Enquiries for re-using graves (to make local burial space available to relatives) can be made at any of the booking offices’ telephone numbers listed above. There is a considerable saving in re-opening a family grave and engraving on an existing memorial, instead of financing a new one.