Cemeteries
Christchurch's creepy cemetery tales unearthed
Historian Richard Greenaway is a man who knows a thing or two about the dead of Christchurch. At this year's Christchurch Heritage Festival he'll be showing curious Cantabrians around various… Audio
Identifying unmarked graves in Otago
Dr Peter Petchey and Professor Hallie Buckley from the University of Otago have worked with the communities, family descendants and local runaka as they've excavated the Milton's St. John's Anglican… Audio, Gallery
As cemeteries fill, alternatives to burial
Death Researcher Ruth McManus chats to Lynn about alternative options to burial. More than 30 thousand people died in New Zealand last year and some cemeteries are running out of space. Ruth McManus… Audio
Auckland cemeteries are running out of room
Auckland's biggest cemetery, Waikumete, has just four years of burial plot sales left before it's full. Auckland Council's Environment Committee Chair Penny Hulse explains what plans the council has… Audio
Are cemeteries a waste of space?
We're moving more and more toward alternative ways to dispose of our mortal remains. Sixty per cent of New Zealanders are now cremated when they die. Do we need to think more about alternative and… Audio
Lost the plot? Cemeteries to fill within decade
Auckland is short of land for housing, and its cemeteries could be heading the same way within a decade.
Sandra Coney: Opening up Waikumete Cemetery
Chair of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, and driving force behind the inaugural open day at New Zealand's largest cemetery, the first event of its kind in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery
Lighting Up Cemetery Plots - Catherine Moore
Lighting up cemetery plots for the festive season is becoming a popular tradition. And Auckland Council is encouraging people to make the plots more festive. Auckland Council Cemeteries Manager… Audio
The history of New Zealand's oldest cemeteries
Old cemeteries feature in the smallest of communities; quiet places where history is revisited - and what is gone, imagined. Stephen Deed is an historian and librarian who in his book Unearthly… Audio, Gallery
Golden Memories
Ross is a sleepy township near Hokitika that was settled in 1865 as a gold mining town. Biddy Manera was born there and has become an outspoken advocate for the community. She looks after the Catholic… Audio
Tokanui Cemetery – The paddock below the woolshed
A project to properly remember the 500-plus people buried in Tokanui Cemetery is calling for help from the public. Audio
Preserving two centuries of history
Four decades worth of work to transcribe information from gravestones in more than a thousand cemeteries around the country has finally come to fruition. More than 1-point-6 million records spanning… Audio