Our Direct Cremation service provides a respectful farewell without a formal funeral ceremony. It's designed for families who prefer a private or later memorial, while ensuring your loved one is cared for with dignity throughout the process. transfer of your loved one into our care bathing, dressing, and placing into casket legal paperwork for permission to cremate transport to the chosen crematorium ashes can be collected by the family one copy of the original death certificate PROHIBITED ITEMS FOR CREAMTION🚫 For safety and regulatory reasons crematoriums restrict certain items from being placed with the deceased during cremation. These items can pose risks to staff, equipment, and the environment. any liquids or empty bottles volatile products, aerosol, lighters and flammables etc leathers and helmets flags money jewellery and watches animals - body or ashes illegal substances more than one layer of tapa, ngatu, tevaevae or other mats or blankets HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL ITEMS mattresses prosthetic limbs soft toys (over 300mm in length) sporting equipment (wet suits, surfboards, golf clubs) picture frames and glass EXPLOSIVES & ELECTRONICS ammunition or explosive material (guns and bullets) electronic devices (anything with a battery, mobile phones, pacemakers) TOOLS & EQUIPMENT die cast metals, aluminum and copper gardening equipment (spades, forks, etc) pitch/roading materials (tar, bitumen, asphalt, resin) PVC in all forms (gumboots made from PVC and rubber) sawdust PACKAGING & MATERIALS books or excessive amounts of paper more than one layer of tapa, ngatu, tevaevae or other mats or blankets polystyrene or products containing polystyrene foam flower arrangement bases
