Aurora Funeral Services

We offer personalised individual care to suit your needs:

• Funeral service to reflect the individual wishes of each family

• Graveside, public, private or memorial service

• Inserting notices in local, national papers

• Liaising with clergy, celebrant, cemetery and crematorium officials

• Local churches and venues and catering services

• Organising music, audio, video

• Organising recording of a funeral service

• Organising photo slide show, power points

• Arranging flowers and other tributes

• Organising purchase of a cemetery plot and interment

• Collating official forms from Doctors or Coroner

• Filling out a notification of Death for Registration (BDM 28)

• A remembrance book – a memorable register of attendance

• Personalised service sheets with photo Imaging

• A choice of caskets and ashes urns

• Monumental work

• Ashes interment, memorial plaques, and headstones ​

• Financial Assistance:

  • WINZ GRANT – a funeral grant is available from Work and Income NZ, this is means tested and is to assist towards funeral expenses.
    We are able to make this application on your behalf; however the amount provided will not cover the full cost of a funeral.

  • ACC GRANT – if death is a result of an accident an application can be made to ACC for a funeral Grant. ​We are able to help fill out the necessary documentation.

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Whether you are planning a large, small or private service, we can provide a venue to suit your needs. Ranging from traditional church settings or garden venues to purpose built function centres or graveside services, we can arrange to use any facilities in and around Southland.  We will take care of all the details, liaise with local entities to provide a complete service, including flowers, personalised service sheets, clergy or celebrant, location, graveside service, catering, crematorium, tributes, cemetery plot and monumental stones. Although we are based in Southland we respond with equal care and attention to any family that asks for our assistance to bring a loved one home for a funeral service. We have been proud to assist families from many places in New Zealand including Otago, Southland, Canterbury and Fiordland.