News

  • Whakatane Cemetery and funeral directors certified

    We’re pleased to announce the certification by Natural Burials of the Hillcrest natural burial area in Whakatane, and certification of the Willetts Funeral Services to provide natural burials.…

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  • Whakatane natural cemetery

    We’re in Whakatane on Monday 7th September to address a public meeting and talk with the council about their cemetery plans. Come along to the public meeting. 11am.…

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  • New casket maker certified: Windsor

    We welcome Windsor Industries to our family of casket makers with products that meet the Natural Burials standard. Windsor have embraced the environmental ethos whole-heartedly. We were impressed…

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  • New Coffin maker

    While it’s rare for people to attempt to do funerals and burials themselves, more are attempting to undertake parts of the task themselves – but when they do,…

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  • Book update

    For those waiting, our third reprint of the book is now printed and in stock. If you have been waiting, or have had a book or living will…

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  • Whangarei cemetery first in existing forest

    The new natural cemetery in Whangarei is the first and currently only natural cemetery that buries in an existing native forest. We love this approach – used in…

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  • Gisborne district / Tairawhiti

    We now have a local natural burial advocacy group in the Gisborne / tairawhiti region. If you’d like to help them organise for a cemetery in the region…

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  • Taylor Made Caskets website

    The people at Taylor Made make beautiful caskets. We’ve just certified some of their range. We were impressed with their committment to the principle of adding nothing synthetic…

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  • South Island cemetery update

    SOUTH ISLAND CEMETERIES: We’ve had a large number of inquiries from the south island recently about local natural cemeteries. You are now well served. The natural cemetery we…

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