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When a loved one dies, there are burial, cremation and memorial options.
Information about ashes burial and memorials and can be found below.
Please note that scattering ashes in public places in the Porirua District is not allowed, which is why we have a dedicated space at Whenua Tapu for this.
Ashes
Te Māra Pungarehu Kōwhai | Kōwhai Garden Ashes
Provides a formal and delicate space for families to bury their loved ones' ashes – the surrounding gardens are kept to a high standard and planted with beautiful flowers and foliage year round. The central kōwhai tree makes this a special place. These plots can hold two urns. The headstone is a flat plaque style mounted on the garden edges.
Ngā Pungarehu Papa Pātiti | Lawn Ashes – provides a simple yet well maintained option for families to bury their loved ones. The plots are surrounded by lawn and the plaques are installed in a lawn plaque style. The view of the surrounding hills from this area is beautiful and restful. These plots can hold two urns.
Te Māra Pungarehu | Garden Ashes – provides a formal and delicate space for families to bury their loved ones' ashes – the surrounding gardens are kept to a high standard and planted with beautiful flowers and foliage year round. These plots can hold two urns. The headstone is a flat plaque style mounted on the garden edges.
Ngā Whakamaharatanga Pungarehu | Monumental Ashes – this area offers our families two benefits, the headstone can be an upright headstone, meaning greater flexibility to personalise the headstone design and it is also our only ashes area that can hold more than two urns in the plot. The plots can hold up to six urns.
Hīkoi Whakamaharatanga o Pīwakawaka | Pīwakawaka Memorial Walk – offers a natural space for the scattering of ashes. Our cemeteries team will book the scattering with you and then the record of that scattering will be kept on our database forever, honoring the memory of that person for future generations who wish to know where they were scattered.
Memorials
Memorials and headstones are typically provided by a local monumental mason. To find a monumental mason click here. Your monumental mason can provide you with a variety of designs and options to mark your loved ones' burial place.
Whenua Tapu provides a bronze plaque option for two of our memorial spaces:
Whenua Tapu Memorial Wall – a plaque can be mounted on our memorial wall by our chapel area, which is beautifully designed like a memorial court, with small gardens planted and seating to sit and reflect. The plaques were removed during our 2021 refurbishment of the chapel and then lovingly replaced onto totara panels within the memorial court.
Whenua Tapu Pīwakawaka Memorial Walk – offers the option of purchasing a post to mount a bronze plaque on to memorialise your loved one amongst the native bush and give you a space to come and remember them.
Please contact the team for information on our Pīwakawaka Memorial Walk area.
Baby / Children areas
Losing a child can be a hard time for any family. We have created a special place for families to lay them to rest, either as a burial or an ashes burial.
Koreke is our area for this – it has been carefully designed and thoughtfully constructed to provide a peaceful place of solitude for our families as they grieve the loss of their child.
The area is planted with trees and gardens to compliment its design.
