Treasures from the Gully Tour
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...
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Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand
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Military Tales from the Services Section Tour
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandCome 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. Our tour...
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Hangman’s Noose Tour – SOLD OUT
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandApologies 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...
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Tales from the Vaults Tour SOLD OUT
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandApologies this tour is now sold out. 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...
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Our Fair Ladies Tour SOLD OUT
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandApologies this tour is now sold out. Embark on a captivating journey through the history buried in Karori Cemetery with our tour showcasing the remarkable lives of Wellington's women. This...
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Tragedies Tour – SOLD OUT
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandApologies but this tour has now sold out. Come and hear stories of those who met sad, shocking and untimely ends. This tour traverses some of the older parts of...
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More Catholic Tales Tour
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandHear 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...
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Gallows Tour
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandCrime, Justice, and the Final Walk. Delve into the complex history of capital punishment in Wellington with this thought-provoking tour through Karori Cemetery. Gallows shines a light on the people...
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National Monuments Tour
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandThe two main stops on the tour are the cemetery’s two national Monuments – the Tangiwai disaster and Prime Minister Peter Fraser. We will review what happened at Tangiwai and...
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Tragedies Tour
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandCome and hear stories of those who met sad, shocking and untimely ends. This tour traverses some of the older parts of the story where historic headstones mark the stories...
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Introductory Tour
This 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. Each tour is...
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S.S. Penguin Tour
Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New ZealandOn the 12 February 1909, the SS Penguin sank in Cook Strait in a raging southerly storm with the loss of 72 lives, one of the worst maritime disasters in...