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 […]

Hangman’s Noose Tour – SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Apologies but this tour is now sold out. In total, 85 people have been executed for crime in New Zealand with the first in 1842 and the last in 1957. […]

Murder & Mayhem Tour – SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

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

Nation Builders Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Our City, Our Country, Our Heritage Meet some of the men who built our country – the engineers who designed and built railways, bridges, viaducts, ports and harbours; politicians and […]

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 […]

Military Tales from the Services Section

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

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 of unevenness. Tours are […]

Murder & Mayhem Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Karori Cemetery is the final resting place for people whose lives ended tragically – from drowning, from murder, and from accidents of all kinds. This tour includes the story of […]

Treasures From the Gully Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Tour through a very atmospheric part of the cemetery, with an eclectic mix of stories on an artist, photographer, hat manufacturer, prison reformer and many more! Come and enjoy the […]

Evening Tour – SOLD OUT

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

Apologies but this tour is now sold out. Please see our Events list for our next available date. Would you like to join us and explore the beauty of Karori […]

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 […]