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  • August 2024

  • Sun 4

    Tales From the Vaults Tour

    August 4, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:45 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...

  • September 2024

  • Fri 6
    Friends of Karori Cemetery Evening Tour

    Evening Tour – SOLD OUT

    September 6, 2024 @ 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...

  • Sun 8

    Hangman’s Noose Tour

    September 8, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    In total, 85 people have been executed for crime in New Zealand with the first in 1842 and the last in 1957. Seventeen of those men were executed in Wellington...

  • Sun 8
    Friends of Karori Cemetery Tour

    Murder & Mayhem Tour – SOLD OUT

    September 8, 2024 @ 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...

  • October 2024

  • Sun 6

    Off the Beaten Track Tour

    October 6, 2024 @ 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 and down the hills, through the gullies and alongside the creek to discover some interesting characters and some of the history of the cemetery as...

  • Sat 26

    Wellington Heritage Festival: Accidentally Killed Tour – SOLD OUT

    October 26, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    Apologies but this tour has now sold out. Step into the past of Karori Cemetery with "Accidentally Killed," a hauntingly captivating tour revealing tragic tales of historical mishaps. Explore the...

  • Sat 26
    Friends of Karori Cemetery Evening Tour

    Wellington Heritage Festival: Evening Tour – SOLD OUT

    October 26, 2024 @ 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...

  • Sun 27

    Wellington Heritage Festival: Our Fair Ladies Tour – SOLD OUT

    October 27, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    Apologies, this tour sold out in Wellington Heritage Festival Pre-Sales. Embark on a captivating journey through the history buried in Karori Cemetery with our tour showcasing the remarkable lives of Wellington's women. This tour offers a unique opportunity to celebrate the resilience, creativity and empowerment of women at a time when a woman couldn't have...

  • Mon 28
    Friends of Karori Cemetery Tour

    Wellington Heritage Festival: Murder & Mayhem Tour – SOLD OUT

    October 28, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, 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 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...

  • November 2024

  • Sat 2

    Wellington Heritage Festival: Hangman’s Noose Tour – SOLD OUT

    November 2, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 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. Seventeen of those men were executed in Wellington and 11 are buried in Karori Cemetery.  This walking tour will visit some of their graves to account...

  • Sat 9

    Wellington Heritage Festival: Tales From the Vaults Tour

    November 9, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:45 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 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....

  • December 2024

  • Sun 1

    Our Fair Ladies Tour

    December 1, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

    Embark on a captivating journey through the history buried in Karori Cemetery with our tour showcasing the remarkable lives of Wellington's women. This tour offers a unique opportunity to celebrate the resilience, creativity and empowerment of women at a time when a woman couldn't have a bank account in her own name.  You'll hear the...

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