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  • January 2025

  • Sun 5

    Tales from the Vaults Tour

    January 5, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:15 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, 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...

  • Sun 5

    Treasures from the Gully Tour

    January 5, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, 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...

  • February 2025

  • Sun 2
    Tours Karori Cemetery

    Hangman’s Noose Tour – SOLD OUT

    February 2, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    Apologies but this tour has 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....

  • Sun 9

    S.S. Penguin Tour – SOLD OUT

    February 9, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, 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 lives,...

  • March 2025

  • Sun 2
    Tours Karori Cemetery

    Hangman’s Noose Tour – SOLD OUT

    March 2, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    Apologies but this tour has 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....

  • April 2025

  • Sun 6

    Our Fair Ladies Tour – SOLD OUT

    April 6, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    Apologies, 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...

  • May 2025

  • Sun 4

    Nation Builders Tour

    May 4, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, 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...

  • Fri 9
    Friends of Karori Cemetery Evening Tour

    Evening Tour – SOLD OUT

    May 9, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Main Chapel, Karori Cemetery 15 Rosehaugh Avenue, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

    Apologies but this tour has now sold out. Would you like to join us and explore the beauty of Karori Cemetery in the evening? This tour is for anyone who...

  • June 2025

  • Sun 1

    Off the Beaten Track Tour

    June 1, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, 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...

  • Sun 1

    Murder & Mayhem Tour – SOLD OUT

    June 1, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, 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...

  • Fri 27
    Friends of Karori Cemetery Evening Tour

    Evening Tour

    June 27, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Main Chapel, Karori Cemetery 15 Rosehaugh Avenue, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

    Would 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...

  • July 2025

  • Sun 6
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    Accidentally Killed Tour – SOLD OUT

    July 6, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    Step into the past of Karori Cemetery with "Accidentally Killed," a hauntingly captivating tour revealing tragic tales of historical mishaps. Explore the untold stories of those who met unexpected ends...

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