Ruru Lawn Cemetery

Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Get directions Ruru Road
Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury New Zealand

Coordinates: -43.53225, 172.69180
www.ccc.govt.nz/cityleisure/communityservices/cemeteries/operatingcemeteries/rurulawncemetery.aspx
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Ruru Lawn Cemetery opened in 1941 and although approaching capacity, it is still open for casket and ash burials. The cemetery is adjacent to an industrial area and Cypress Garden Reserve, but it is open and has a park-like in appearance. There is a mix of native and exotic trees, including conifers and broadleaves over 15.1427 hectares. Granite and bronze plaques are set either in the lawn or on concrete beams surrounded in loose crushed greywacke chip. It has a large Returned Services area and a small Muslim burial area on the eastern side.

The Ballantyne's Fire Memorial is also part of this cemetery. A separate Findagrave memorial exists within this Cemetery ID commemorating this event. (Notes from Christchurch City Council website)

NB: The plots within the Returned Services area and concrete beams are easy to locate as the beams are well numbered/labelled. It is more difficult to locate plaques within the lawn section however as many have sunken into the ground and several are completely obscured by leaf litter/grass clippings.

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