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Roll End Credits

Roll End Credits

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 […]

What’s worse than coming home with luggage missing?

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 […]

Contacting Your Grieving Friends At Christmas

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 […]

Baby Loss Awareness Week 9th – 15th October 2022

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 […]

Do you have a ‘Digital Will’ or ‘Digital Executor’?

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

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 […]

Our Christmas Memorial Service

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 […]

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