Funerals

Helping Families and Friends honour their loved ones.

Guiding you through the process of honoring your loved ones.

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Bay Cremation Care completes the same tasks as any funeral home

Planning a funeral can be a challenging process, let alone when you have been recently bereaved. That is why we are there to take care of the arrangements for you.
We are available around the clock throughout the Bay of Plenty region. The Bay Cremation Care team can help you with the following:
  • Transport the deceased from the place of death into our care
  • Offer a choice of either burial or cremation
  • Offer embalming by qualified and registered embalmers
  • Provide a 24 hour service
  • Provide a hearse to transport the deceased to the funeral
  • Organise legal paperwork
  • Offer a range of caskets
  • Facilitate viewing of the deceased
  • Place funeral notices
  • Arrange casket flowers
  • Offer a book of remembrance, service sheets, photo presentations
  • Arrange catering
  • Cover the Bay of Plenty region

Why Trust Bay Cremation Care
Regarding A Funeral In Tauranga

At Bay Cremation Care, we are dedicated to providing everyone with options for planning an affordable yet meaningful funeral service at our funeral home in Tauranga.
We are passionate about doing everything we can to give your loved one a beautiful, respectful, memorable farewell and alleviating your pain in this challenging time.
We believe that a funeral plays a vital role in offering closure and catharsis after a loss. That is why we will go out of our way to provide you with caring, attentive service.

Based in the Bay of Plenty, Bay Cremation Care has been offering the people of Tauranga and its surrounding areas compassionate care and support in their most challenging times.
The company is run by Alistair Black, a fully qualified Funeral Director, Embalmer and member of the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (FDANZ) and NZ Embalmers Association.

Let us lift the burden of planning a funeral off your shoulders

Grief may be the most challenging thing any of us will ever experience. Whether you are planning your own funeral or have just lost a loved one, you deserve to know that you are working with a team dedicated to helping you create a deeply affirming celebration of life.

Bay Cremation Care will be there with you throughout the process of saying your final farewell. Our compassionate professionals will help you give your loved ones the memorial they deserve.

Common Questions

Below are some questions people frequently ask with regards to funeral or cremation arrangements. If your question is not listed here, please do contact us and we will do our best to find the answers for you.

A Funeral Service typically features the deceased present in a casket at the service. In contrast, a Memorial Service may or may not have ashes or a remembrance service.

Memorial Services are becoming increasingly popular in New Zealand. It may be less stressful for the surviving family to plan, as it can be organised in your own time. This allows you to choose and prepare a venue truly befitting your loved one.

For example, you could arrange a gathering at the family home, the deceased’s church or even a natural memorial at a beach or special place of remembrance. Some may decide to hire a boat charter to scatter the ashes at sea or intern (bury) them and plant a Memorial Tree.

Please get in touch with Bay Cremation Care if you require assistance finding a celebrant for your memorial service.

If your loved one dies at home with support from palliative care services, the staff on duty will help with the formalities, including notifying the treating doctor.

They may even call us on your behalf to arrange the transfer of the deceased into our care.

If your loved one dies at home and is not receiving care from support services, you will need to do the following:

  • Contact the person’s usual doctor. They will need to officially verify that death has occurred and confirm that they are happy to sign the medical certificate of cause of death
  • Notify family and friends that are not present
  • Call Bay Cremation Care to arrange the transfer of the deceased into our care

What do I do when a death occurs in a nursing home or residential care facility? If your loved one dies in a nursing home, the home’s staff will take care of all medical formalities.

You will then need to contact Bay Cremation Care to arrange the transfer of the deceased into our care.

If your loved one dies in a hospital, the following steps will take place:

  • The hospital staff will notify the treating doctor so that they can complete the medical death certificate
  • Staff will inform the next-of-kin and family, who will need to contact Bay Cremation Care
  • We will arrange for the transfer of the deceased from the hospital into our care

Whether the unexpected death occurs at home or in a public place, the death may be referred to the Coroner’s Office.

The Coroner will usually be involved in the following situations:

  • If the treating doctor did not expect the person’s death
  • If death occurs as the result of an accident or injury
  • The death occurred while the deceased was in police custody, jail, or an involuntary patient in a psychiatric institution
  • Death of a child in a juvenile detention centre
  • If the person died in a violent or unnatural way
  • If the person died as the result of an aesthetic
  • If a doctor has been unable to sign a death certificate stating the cause of death
  • If the identity of the deceased is unknown

When someone dies unexpectedly, as listed above, the police may also become involved. An ambulance officer will usually be the first person on the scene of a death. They may try to call the deceased’s GP and require police and the Coroner’s involvement.

At this stage, the police will contact a contracted funeral director to transport the deceased to the nearest holding facility under the Coroner’s jurisdiction. If a post-mortem is required, the deceased will be taken to a hospital.

The Coroner will liaise between parties, including the police and pathologist, to establish the cause of death. The body will only be released to the family once the Coroner has completed the paperwork. The funeral planning can then begin.

Please note that you are not obliged to use the funeral director who transported the deceased to the Coroner for your funeral arrangements. If you would like Bay Cremation Care to be involved in your loved one’s funeral, please contact us.

After a death has occurred, the following people need to be notified:

  • The next-of-kin and family members
  • The family doctor, if the Coroner has not been informed, to obtain a medical death and/or cremation certificate
  • The solicitor or executor of the will
  • Your preferred Funeral Director

When choosing clothing for your loved one, a good starting point is to consider what attire they may have chosen for themselves.

If the death was expected, the deceased may have already chosen what they would like to be dressed in. Otherwise, the family will choose their clothes.

The outfit should include underwear and can consist of nightwear, casual wear, or formal clothing. We recommend selecting something that reflects their personal style.

From the moment we contacted Alistair at Bay Cremation Care we felt fully confident we had chosen the perfect person to help us plan the funeral. Alistair was compassionate, caring and knowledgeable and took us through every step of the way. He gave us time to make important decisions and gave us guidance as we needed it. He has our highest recommendation and thanks for making a very difficult situation a little easier.
Tracey
Alistair was very helpful, respectful and professional, and guided us through everything we needed. He was a great help during a difficult time, and helped ensure a smooth and easy process for us. The venue we were at was lovely, and he was happy to arrange anything extra we needed such as flowers, catering, a celebrant etc, but there was no pressure. Would absolutely recommend Bay Cremation Care.
Jonne P
From the quick and helpful correspondence at just the enquiry stage, to the unexpected urgency in need for their services and all the supportive and informative communication from the beginning to end the experience and care was outstanding. At such a vulnerable and emotional time the care from Alistair and the team at Bay Cremation Care made the experience such a positive and easy one. Thank you.
Tiana Telfer
Alistair handled our needs sensitively and efficiently. He was helpful, flexible and made a difficult task easy for our family. Recommended.
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Jenny Jenkins
If you are looking for a caring and compassionate person who is going to look after your loved one with dignity and respect then Alistair is the one. With the death of our mother, Alistair was highly professional knowledgeable, patient and considerate. We felt like we were meeting with a friend who had known our family for years.
When the time comes I can only hope I have somebody like him looking after me my brother has already booked him
Would highly recommend.
Maree Cooper

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