Wellington Heritage Week: Evening Tour

Main Chapel, Karori Cemetery 15 Rosehaugh Avenue, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

ould you like to join us and explore the beauty of Karori Cemetery in the evening? This tour is for anyone who would like to see the Cemetery through a […]

Wellington Heritage Week: Off the Beaten Track Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Stretch your legs on this tour! Off the Beaten Track takes you off the main road, exploring a bit further into the older sections of Karori Cemetery. We walk up […]

Wellington Heritage Week: Military Tales

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Military Tales from the Services Area Come and hear tales from our military history. The tour duration is 1 hour 30mins. The tour mostly follows paved surfaces but there are some areas […]

Wellington Heritage Week: Tales from the Vaults Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Find out who is in and who is out of some of Karori cemetery’s most substantial dwellings. Note: tours do not enter vaults or try them out for size. The tour duration […]

Wellington Heritage Week: Introductory Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Introductory Tour.  This short (30-40mins), tour outlines the development of Karori Cemetery since the first burial in August 1891, traversing the earliest burial areas which contain many interesting memorials and monuments. […]

Murder & Mayhem Tour – SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Apologies but this tour is now sold out. Karori Cemetery is the final resting place for people whose lives ended tragically – from drowning, from murder, and from accidents of […]

Treasure from the Gully Tour – SOLD OUT

Apologies but this tour has now sold out. Please visit our Events page for other upcoming tours. Tour through a very atmospheric part of the cemetery, with an eclectic mix […]

Free Introductory Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

This short (30-40min), free, tour outlines the development of Karori Cemetery since the first burial in August 1891, traversing the earliest burial areas which contain many interesting memorials and monuments. […]

Tales from the Vaults Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Find out who is in and who is out of some of Karori cemetery’s most substantial dwellings. Note: tours do not enter vaults or try them out for size. The tour duration […]

S.S. Penguin Tour SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Apologies this tour is now sold out.   On the 12 February 1909, the SS Penguin sank in Cook Strait in a raging southerly storm with the loss of 72 […]

Hangman’s Noose Tour SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Apologies but this tour has now sold out. To be notified of when we make tours available, please follow us on Humanitix. https://events.humanitix.com/host/62dcc703173dab0b2ae6e360 In total, 85 people have been executed […]

More Catholic Tales Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Hear about a poet, a writer, soldiers and stories of Wellington history. Further Catholic Tales tells the stories of the wide range of people interred in the section known as Catholic […]