Guided Tour: Ashhurst Cemetery

Photo of a graveyard with white and red stone headstones of various sizes and ages and most graves encased in concrete.

Well-known for her tours of Terrace End Cemetery, local historian Leanne Croon Hickman, turns her focus to Ashhurst. Hear about lives lived well and those cut tragically short.

Image: Hickman, L. (2025). Ashhurst Cemetery, [Photograph]. Supplied

When

DATES

Sunday, March 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Where

LOCATION

Ashhurst Cemetery Ashhurst Domain Napier Road, SH3, Ashhurst 4470, New Zealand

More Info

Limited numbers. Register here: Ashhurst Cemetery Guided Tour Registrations

You might be interested in...

Sun 29 Mar 11:00am - 12:00pm

Nils Magnus Person: Sexton of Terrace End Cemetery

This presentation by historian Leanne Croon Hickman explores the story of Nils Magnus Person, the outspoken Swedish caretaker who transformed Terrace End Cemetery and then challenged the officials who dismissed him.

Sat 14 Mar 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Terrace End Cemetery Tour

Join Leanne Croon Hickman and local New Zealand Society of Genealogists member Geraldine Reynolds, on their popular tour to ‘meet’ some of the interesting residents of Palmerston North’s oldest existing cemetery.

Sun 29 Mar 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Terrace End Cemetery Tour

All Activities

Guided Tour: Ashhurst Cemetery

You might be interested in...

Nils Magnus Person: Sexton of Terrace End Cemetery

Terrace End Cemetery Tour

Terrace End Cemetery Tour

Want to browse our content faster?