Plan Ahead

Helping Families and Friends honour their loved ones.

Planning Your Own Farewell

Prices are valid as at 15 July, 2024, are reviewed annually and subject to change without notice.

Bay Cremation Care is dedicated to creating low cost cremation options along with advice from industry experienced and qualified staff. Please feel comfortable to talk to us about financial matters. We are conscious of costs and different circumstances and can help create a fitting farewell within your budget.

Although our packages are based on the crematorium chapel as a venue, we can tailor a service based at your chosen venue as well.

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Pre-Planning Meeting

A Pre-Planning meeting provides you with the opportunity to consider the wide range of options available in funeral planning today. This meeting can take place in the comfort and privacy of our premises, or alternatively at your home whichever is more convenient for you.

Your preferences for your funeral will be recorded and the costs calculated at the time of the meeting. You can leave this arrangement with our funeral director and be assured that when the time comes, all your personal details and preferences for your funeral will be carried out according to your wishes.

Pre-planning a funeral means that you choose the type and style of funeral service you want and decide how much you want to invest in advance.

Planning Your Own Farewell

Some people feel comfortable about leaving this responsibility to the family, while others prefer to be a little more organised by planning and even paying for their funeral ahead of time.

There are many advantages in planning ahead:
  • To relieve some of the emotional stress on your family
  • To reduce the financial burden that the cost of a funeral may present.
  • Planning ahead gives you the opportunity to create a meaningful funeral ceremony, one that reflects who you are and what was significant for you throughout your life.
  • A ceremony that gives those left behind something to remember and cherish, easing their pain of loss and grief.

Pre-Paid Funerals

A Funeral Trust Plan allows you to set money aside, in trust, for your final farewell or for that of a loved one.

Prepaying towards a funeral means when the time comes loved ones can gather together, support one another, and remember and celebrate a life, without the responsibility of making difficult choices in very emotional circumstances.

The Funeral Trust is offered by the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand Incorporated – a member organisation set up with a vision of meaningful farewells for all New Zealanders. Established in 1937, our members are a group of caring professionals who are committed to ensuring the families they serve are receiving high quality service.

The Funeral Trust is supervised by a separate corporate trustee company called The Trustee of the Funeral Trust Limited. The Trustee manages the Trust under a Trust Deed that requires them to receive prepayments and hold them only for the purpose of meeting or contributing to the price of funeral services.

Our Administrator, Administration Christchurch Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of BDO Christchurch Ltd), is associated with one of New Zealand’s largest networks of independently owned accounting practices, BDO New Zealand. BDO is a global accounting and advisory firm and one of New Zealand’s leading Advisory, Tax, Audit and Assurance specialist firms.

The Funeral Trust is audited annually by an independent auditor. There is no underwriter for the Trust as it is a trust not an insurance product.

Up to $10,000 in an approved funeral plan like The Funeral Trust is excluded from asset testing (under current government policy) when assessing eligibility for a subsidy for long term residential care for the elderly.
Your family and loved ones are relieved of the responsibility of making difficult decisions in a very emotional time.

Pre-Planning your farewell is easy, talk to your Bay Cremation Care FDANZ Funeral Director – they will be able to guide you through the simple process and help with the application to The Funeral Trust.

Why Choose Bay Cremation Care

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.

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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