Alexis Brook
October 16, 2020
Birdsong is returning to Purewa Cemetery thanks to a joint initiative with the Eastern Bays Birdsong Project.
September 25, 2020
More than 75 people attended Purewa Cemetery’s first Auckland Heritage Festival tours last month.
The tours were part of the festival which is organised by the Auckland Council annually across the city celebrating various aspects of heritage. The theme for this year’s event was Journeys – the stories of how our people travelled to Tamaki Makaurau by sea, air or land, to create a shared future together.
The tours were part of the festival which is organised by the Auckland Council annually across the city celebrating various aspects of heritage. The theme for this year’s event was Journeys – the stories of how our people travelled to Tamaki Makaurau by sea, air or land, to create a shared future together.
September 15, 2020
Birdsong is returning to Purewa Cemetery thanks to a joint initiative with the Eastern Bays Birdsong Project.
July 23, 2020
With the recent completion of four new kidney-shaped gardens and one central round garden, Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, has added to the existing 16 kidney gardens which are now fully subscribed.
June 25, 2020
Purewa is getting a floral makeover in the oldest parts of the 131-year-old cemetery thanks to Meadowbank resident Miriama Toms.
Miriama’s 16-year-old son Felix died last year of sudden unexpected death due to epilepsy, and is buried in E block, one of the older parts of the cemetery where many graves sites and headstones have fallen into disrepair because there are no family members to look after them.
Miriama’s 16-year-old son Felix died last year of sudden unexpected death due to epilepsy, and is buried in E block, one of the older parts of the cemetery where many graves sites and headstones have fallen into disrepair because there are no family members to look after them.
March 10, 2020
The second stage of Purewa’s popular Walk of Memories for ash interments has been completed.
The 250-metre-long extension provides 670 new plots for families to purchase in a tranquil garden-lined setting.
The 250-metre-long extension provides 670 new plots for families to purchase in a tranquil garden-lined setting.
December 2, 2019
More than 75 people attended Purewa Cemetery’s first Auckland Heritage Festival tours last month.
The tours were part of the festival which is organised by the Auckland Council annually across the city celebrating various aspects of heritage. The theme for this year’s event was Journeys – the stories of how our people travelled to Tamaki Makaurau by sea, air or land, to create a shared future together.
The tours were part of the festival which is organised by the Auckland Council annually across the city celebrating various aspects of heritage. The theme for this year’s event was Journeys – the stories of how our people travelled to Tamaki Makaurau by sea, air or land, to create a shared future together.
October 31, 2019
Two of Auckland’s early leading citizens were recognised at a ceremony at Purewa last month.
Judge Francis Dart Fenton and Sir Edwin Mitchelson were both buried at Purewa but without headstones or plaques to acknowledge their significant contributions to the development of the city. The Purewa Cemetery Trust Board decided to prepare appropriate plaques, which were dedicated at the ceremony on September 21.
Judge Francis Dart Fenton and Sir Edwin Mitchelson were both buried at Purewa but without headstones or plaques to acknowledge their significant contributions to the development of the city. The Purewa Cemetery Trust Board decided to prepare appropriate plaques, which were dedicated at the ceremony on September 21.
September 10, 2019
Purewa Cemetery is taking part in the Auckland Council’s Auckland Heritage Festival next month.
Purewa will host four separate guided tours led by historians, mostly focusing on some of the early citizens of Auckland from many different walks of life, who helped found and shape this city.
Purewa will host four separate guided tours led by historians, mostly focusing on some of the early citizens of Auckland from many different walks of life, who helped found and shape this city.
June 28, 2019
Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium’s newest building, an almost double in size administration centre, was officially opened recently by the Bishop of Auckland, the Right Reverend Ross Bay.
June 13, 2019
One hundred burial plots at Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium have been made available for pre purchase by the public.
Under its cemetery management programme, the Purewa Cemetery Trust Board, has launched the initiative to make plots more easily available.
May 28, 2019
The loss of a friend or family member is a very difficult and emotional time.
If you have just experienced the death of a loved one, know that Purewa Cemetery & Crematorium is just a phone call away and ready to assist you in any way we can.
If you have just experienced the death of a loved one, know that Purewa Cemetery & Crematorium is just a phone call away and ready to assist you in any way we can.
September 25, 2020
More than 75 people attended Purewa Cemetery’s first Auckland Heritage Festival tours last month.
The tours were part of the festival which is organised by the Auckland Council annually across the city celebrating various aspects of heritage. The theme for this year’s event was Journeys – the stories of how our people travelled to Tamaki Makaurau by sea, air or land, to create a shared future together.
The tours were part of the festival which is organised by the Auckland Council annually across the city celebrating various aspects of heritage. The theme for this year’s event was Journeys – the stories of how our people travelled to Tamaki Makaurau by sea, air or land, to create a shared future together.