Headstones

How We Provide You With The Best Result

Grahams Memorial Headstones carries a variety of granite headstones and bases in different shapes and colours at our showroom and stockroom at Grahams Funeral Home, West Street, Tuakau.

If we don’t have a preferred headstone colour or design, we can arrange for the memorial to be custom made overseas. This will take about 12 weeks from date of ordering. ... Pricing information here.

Headstones and Memorials from Grahams Monumental Headstones, Tuakau, Pukekohe, Waiuku

If you have a headstone or memorial design or idea in mind, come and talk to us and we will work with you to bring your concepts to an achievable, meaningful result.

Once the headstone design is finalized then together we can create a layout of how the inscription, artwork and photos can best be crafted on the granite.

This phase is important to ensure that, wherever possible, your headstone expectations can be met and if not, any modifications are realistic and acceptable to you and for us to create the everlasting memorial.

Only after you are satisfied and sign off the headstone layout, will work commence on the memorial. We will discuss lettering size, fonts, spacing and room to be left for future details (if applicable).

Ivo Solleder, our Monumental Mason at Grahams Memorial Headstones is highly skilled at converting or drawing a photographic image into a format that can successfully be cut into granite for maximum visual effect. He will strive to achieve the best headstone or memorial for you.

Burial plot headstone and cremation memorial images

Indicative Pricing

The final price of a memorial plaque or headstone is influenced by the:-

Physical size of the plaque, headstone and base
Colour of the headstone or memorial granite - Blue Pearl and multi colours attract a premium
Headstone or memorial shape - standard or customized
Number of words making up the inscription on the headstone or memorial
Type of finish on the top, back and sides of the headstone or memorial. e.g All polished, rocked, axed, sawn, carved
Studio time involved in transforming an image so it can then be cut into the headstone or memorial granite
Accessories chosen; e.g ceramic photos, vases, bronze cross, statuettes etc.
Permit fees that may apply and these vary depending on the cemetery authority/council
Ease or difficulty of installation of the headstone or memorial. e.g. Berm or no berm, slope of the land.

Below are some examples with indicative pricing (incl. GST)


Small Ashes Desk with Granite Vase Holder $660	Medium Granite Plate 600 x 450 x 75mm headstone on a Granite Base with 2 Vases $2250

Large Granite Plate 600 x 900 x 100mm on a Splayed Front Granite base. $3900	Large Custom Design in Granite with Ceramic Photos and Coloured Artwork. $5900