Hokitika Cemetery

Hokitika Cemetery, also known as Seaview Cemetery, is the cemetery for Hokitika in New Zealand. The cemetery is located on Hospital Hill Road in the suburb of Seaview on an elevated site north-east of the town, giving a good outlook over the settlement and the Tasman Sea.

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Type: Cemetery
Description: New Zealand cemetery
Also known as: “Hokitika Municipal Cemetery” and “Seaview Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Westland Explorers’ Monument and Seaview Asylum.

Westland Explorers’ Monument

Monument

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

The Westland Explorers' Monument, also known as the Explorers' Monument, is an obelisk in Hokitika, New Zealand. It commemorates four men who lost their lives on the West Coast of the South Island between 1863 and 1866. Westland Explorers’ Monument is situated 180 metres northwest of Hokitika Cemetery.

Seaview Asylum

Ruins

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The Seaview Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located to the north of Hokitika, in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island, adjacent to the former Westland Hospital. Seaview Asylum is situated 390 metres northeast of Hokitika Cemetery.

Hokitika Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

Hokitika Aerodrome is a small, uncontrolled aerodrome located 1.9 km north east of Hokitika in the suburb of Seaview on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.