When I finished high school, I dived headlong into the world of broadcasting with all its glitz and glamour. Well, actually, I held a microphone on the end of a bamboo pole for 10 hours a day for the production of Playschool! Fortunately, over the years, things got a lot better, and I guess I […]
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What’s worse than coming home with luggage missing?
Q: What’s worse than coming home with luggage missing?A: Coming home from a tour of duty with extra baggage. Read on… A soldier returned from his tour of duty in East Timor and decided to take some very well -earned rest and recreation. He decided to come home and stay with his mum and then […]
Mother’s Day Grief
We all know our parents are going to die one day, but that doesn’t mean that we’re not going to grieve them on special occasions like Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Losing your parents is one of adult life’s most significant rites of passage. And while society may recognise the loss that children feel when […]
Grieving on Valentine’s Day
Just as you make it through the grief of the summer holiday season, Valentine’s Day comes along to stir it all up again. Whether it is the first Valentine’s Day after death of your spouse or partner, or decades have passed, it is only natural that you would miss the special person in your life. […]
Contacting Your Grieving Friends At Christmas
The Christmas Season can be a difficult time when you’re grieving. How to prepare for the lead up and how to spend Christmas Day can be a dilemma – so many people to please and so many things have probably changed since last year. Friends too will want to be helpful and sensitive – but […]
Introducing Reterniti Stones
Hold Your Loved One Close – After they’ve gone Reterniti is a New Zealand innovation solving the age-old question of what to do with one’s ashes after cremation. Reterniti convert your loved one’s ashes into a tasteful, discrete stone. A Reterniti Stone is tactile and is intended to be held close unlike an urn or […]
Baby Loss Awareness Week 9th – 15th October 2022
According to SANDS New Zealand each year over 600 babies die between 20 weeks gestation and 12 months of age. The death of a child is a devastating event. It is consistent throughout the literature on grief work, that the death of a child is recognised as the most severe, enduring and debilitating form of […]
Missing you this father’s day
Father’s Day can be a difficult day for someone whose dad has passed away. It may be hard to express just how much you miss him and how much you treasure your memories of the wonderful times you spent together. WHEN YOUR FATHER DIES YOU CAN BE SWAMPED BY ALL SORTS OF MIXED EMOTIONS You’ve […]
Do you have a ‘Digital Will’ or ‘Digital Executor’?
A digital Will is not a legal document like an official Will, but it is a list of all your digital assets stored online. Your Digital Executor doesn’t have to be the same person that is an Executor to your actual Will, but it would need to be someone that you can trust so that […]
Adding a personal touch – How to make funerals or memorial services more authentic – Tip Sheet
There are endless ways you can add your own ideas to make a farewell memorable and reflect the lifetime and personality of the person who has died. Here are some suggestions to think about: Create a colourful photo board and place at the entrance to the service so that guests can share this upon their […]
Together in Grief – Christmas 2019
During our Christmas Memorial Service in December 2019, one of our celebrants Jenni Bancroft read a beautiful reading about grief. This was a reflection of grief in the worlds of an old seaman from the USA and gives a beautiful message.
Our Christmas Memorial Service
Each year around Christmas time, Simplicity Funerals Nelson hold their Christmas Memorial Service. This is a very special time for people to come together and to share in a candle lighting service, listen to some beautiful readings that reflect on how people may be feeling at this time of year. Following the service there is […]