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Environmentally friendly drop bar handles
23 December 2020
New to the Return to Sender range are the Zamak drop bar handles with a solid pine insert colour matched to t...
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Northland 2020 Business Champion Jessie Rose wins several categories
06 November 2020
Artist and business owner Jessie Rose with some of her spectacular yet unusual art pieces that saw her win sev...
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A sneak peek behind the scenes of a casket manufacturer
05 November 2020
This is how we make our caskets.
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Changing the narrative
16 September 2020
Copy of the Return to Sender Caskets article in the September 2020 issue of Verve Magazine.
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Tree planting in Paeroa
12 June 2020
Return to Sender joined Goldfields Special School to plant natives along the Ohinemuri River, Paeroa.
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The long and the short of it
17 April 2020
Return to Sender has added a new size to our Archetype, Woodhill and Fernwood caskets to accommodate the popul...
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More sustainable than ever
17 March 2020
Return to Sender is proud to have made the bold move away from Rimu and replace all existing Rimu caskets with...
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Upcycling sawdust
04 December 2019
Return to Sender strives to minimise waste. Helps us, help you with free sawdust
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Submissions open to update the Burial & Cremation Act 1964
18 November 2019
On Friday, the Ministry of Health opened a consultation on modernising New Zealand's laws around death, burial...
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UK Funeral trends
16 October 2019
United Kingdom's CO-OP FuneralCare directors have recorded trends of 500,000 funerals conducted in the last fi...
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Importance of grief, mourning and funerals
19 September 2019
Your loved one may have gone, but you are still here. A funeral can be personalised for your loved one; they m...
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New ‘Return to Sender’ truck
30 August 2019
Look out of our new truck on the road
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Growing our future – Tree planting
The amazing Hikurangi Primary School kids and a very supportive and encouraging staff planted almost 1,000 nat...
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Natural burial ground opens in Auckland
15 July 2019
Return to Sender was honour to be invited to the opening of the Waikumete Cemetery's Natural Burial Ground.
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Turning in your Grave
How will your body affect the land when you have gone?
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Funeral Professionals; The Discrete Superheroes of Death
What is the point of using a Funeral Director?
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Digital Will; life and death from the cloud
Accessing the digital world after you've gone.
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Sailing away
Personalised casket for an avid sailor.
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Would You Hire a Photographer for Your Funeral?
Say "Cheese - Grandad is dead"
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Upcycling a hearse and coffin
Hearse turned into motorhome features room for four and pull out casket-kitchen.
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Parenting our children after we die
As a parent of young children (or even adult children), it would be comforting to know how to still be there f...
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How to help a grieving friend
A quick guide to help a grieving friend without losing your friendship.
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Flesh eating mushrooms “Suiting Dennis”
15 June 2019
Green burial? No problem, I'll wear my suit made of mushrooms.
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At what age should we engage children in funerals?
15 May 2019
Including children in the funeral, will help them mourn and to understand grief.
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The many hats of a Funeral Director
04 December 2018
Organising your own funeral or leave it to the professionals?
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Facebook plan for social media after death
15 July 2017
'Legacy Contact' feature allows a family member or friend to manage your account when you die.
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Death and the Maidens
15 July 2016
Young people entering the funeral industry
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Life as a funeral director and cancer charity trustee
10 July 2016
Being a Funeral Director isn't a job, it is a vocation
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The New Zealand Way of Death | Māori Television
07 April 2016
Maori have taught Europeans valuable ways to prepare for death and mourning.
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What Would Happen If Humans Disappeared?
06 January 2016
An insightful short video revealing that humans need the earth, but the earth doesn’t need us.
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ANNUAL TREE PLANTING – 30th August 2015
08 February 2015
An insightful short video revealing that humans need the earth, but the earth doesn’t need us.
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Tree planting 2015 | Done & Dugged
10 January 2015
This year has seen our largest tree planting to date. Returned to Sender contributed over 1,500 trees
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A short video by students of South Seas Film & TV School
09 October 2014
A beautiful 3 minute video about the intent of our work at Return to Sender
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Hawkes Bay Today looks at eco-friendly funerals
04 March 2013
A beautiful 3 minute video about the intent of our work at Return to Sender
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