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 is 1 hour 45mins. This tour is suitable for people with moderate fitness. The route mostly follows paved surfaces but there are some areas of unevenness. […]
Nation Builders: Our City, Our Country, Our Heritage Tour. This tour has been cancelled and those who had booked, notified. Meet some of the men who built our country – the engineers who designed and built railways, bridges, viaducts, ports and harbours; politicians and lawyers who provided the leadership and political frameworks; a surveyor whose […]
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. This tour is free. To book, please visit our ticketing website: https://events.humanitix.com/friends-of-karori-cemetery-wellington-heritage-week-introduction-to-karori-cemetery-tour-3 Our tour has a maximum capacity of about 15 persons. If there are […]
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 all kinds. This tour includes the story of three militia men killed in a guncotton explosion; an attempted murder followed by suicide; a drowning or […]