The Kaitawa cemetery is in a fenced off paddock behind the two residences by the Kaitawa School on Hinemoa Valley Rd, 8 km out from Pahiatua. It was planned to hold 130 plots and had a paddock besides as a reserve. The burial records provided show 20 burial records (whereas only 5 people are with headstones), the first burial being in 1891 and the last in 1943. The site is clearly visible and some headstones are still standing.



The cemetery was closed 28 March 1968 where it was previously under the control of Kaitawa Cemetery Trustees but in 1994 it passed to the Tararua District Council. The Trustees maintained a road to the cemetery for many years but this has now been taken into the school grounds. The land was leased to local land owners and in later years they maintained the area.



A memorial was established in 2005 for those that where buried in the Kaitawa cemetery and the local servicemen that died in the First and Second World Wars. It stands opposite the Kaitawa Hall near the roadside on Hinemoa Valley Rd.

Burials with headstones are:
Thomas Burgess
Matha Burgess
George Thomas Burgess
Sarah Ann Gillard
Ernest Albert Stratford
Andrew Knox