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Arranging a Funeral

Things You Should Think About

After the death of a family member or close friend, it is important to know that you can depend on experienced, professional people to make all the arrangements to ensure the funeral flows smoothly.

It is important that you choose the funeral ceremony that is right for you and your family. Pellows Funeral Directors can guide you through the choices available, and will take care of all the details. Our caring team of professionals will liaise with clergy and celebrants, doctors, hospitals, government departments, coroners and other officials, crematoriums and cemetery authorities so you don’t have to worry.

Making the Right Choices

Pellows can explain the choices available:

  • The different types of ceremony, religious or non religious
  • The best location for the service: a church or chapel, at home, at the graveside or crematorium
  • Who should officiate: a priest, minister, celebrant or family members
  • Whether you want to view the deceased, and where the viewing should be
  • Whether you want to have a burial or cremation
  • Whether you want flowers or charitable donations
  • The most appropriate funeral notice
  • Casket selection
  • The order of service, the choice of music and hymns
  • Venue for a post-funeral get together and how to arrange it
  • What other professional help is available.

Taking Care of Details

Once the choices are made, it is up to you how little or how much you want our professional and experienced staff to help with arrangements.
 We can take care of the following details:

  • The registration of death
  • Liaising with the appropriate authorities
  • Arranging national or international transportation or repatriation within New Zealand or any other country
  • Liaising with clergy or funeral celebrants, assisting with the service and organising funeral details
  • The provision and preparation of the casket
  • Embalming to ensure hygienic preservation and natural presentation
  • Providing viewing facilities in comfortable premises
  • Ordering family flowers for the casket
  • Providing transport to and from the funeral
  • Preparing and placing newspaper notices locally or internationally
  • Arranging monumental masonry for the memorial stone
  • Arranging the scattering or burial of ashes

For more help or advice please click here or phone Pellows Funeral directors on (07) 856 5129.

Cherie M.10/10/18
It's been 9 months but I'd like to thank you so much, for the time and care that you showed our baby Harper. Words can't quite express... but you are much appreciated 🌺🌺
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Ryan T.19/12/22
Alvin was helpful, honest and respectful as we went through our bereavement. While funerals are expensive by nature, the prices they quoted and charged were reasonable. I'm happy to recommend their services.
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Ken C.22/11/17
We appointed Pellows and Beth Richards to handle our mums funeral and that decision ensured that we as a family were able to manage so much better through this difficult time.
Everything was coordinated perfectly, nothing was too much trouble but probably what stands out in particular was the way the Pellows team were able to smooth the way by dealing with all the little issues that we had not expected and would have struggled with.
Professional, thoughtful and caring is how I can describe their service delivery. I recommend Pellows and Beth without hesitation. Thank you Team.
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Rob M.25/09/19
Wonderful and compassionate professionals. Highly recommend
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