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Bereavement Support Service


Harbour City Funeral Home offers our client families the service of our bereavement support team, who are trained and experienced in the area of loss and grief.  Our bereavement support team will be available to you or any of your family, for three free sessions, to help you understand what is happening and ways that can help; this may be in the privacy of your own home or at our funeral home.

 

Bereavement Literature

To request any of the following books or resources, please select the ones

you would like, then click the REQUEST button at the bottom of this page.

We have a wide variety of bereavement literature which provide useful information in a simple ‘easy to read’ format. They cover topics such as:

The Funeral Director
The Funeral

      Director
Making the right choice

Children Grieve Too
Children Grieve Too
Supporting grieving Children & Teenagers

Burial or Cremation
Burial or Cremation
      Making a choice

Alternative Ceremonies
Alternative

      Ceremonies
Can we do it this way

Bereavement and Grieving
Bereavement and Grieving
Dealing with the death of someone close to you

Time Together
Time Together
      Spending time with

      a person who has died

When a Pet Dies
When a Pet Dies
Practical advice for people dealing with the loss of a pet

www.tributes.co.nz
www.tributes.co.nz
Providing an onlinememorial

Loved always
Loved always
Options available for

remembering your baby

Environmental options
Environmental

      Options
Options for those who wish to consider the      environment

Environmental options
My Life, My Funeral Kit
Designed by FDANZ

to assist you in pre-planning your funeral



The following books are available free of charge to residents of the Hutt Valley and Wellington regions.


When Tough Stuff Happens
An activity Book for

Tough Times

for 7-12 year olds

By Tricia Irving

A Memory Book
A Memory Book
A book to encourage

children to share their feelings about someone special who has died

By Tricia Irving and Bev Gatenby

A House on a Hill
A House on a Hill
A short parable about life after death

By Denny Chew

Earthly Farewell
Earthly Farewell
A funeral planning guide,

very good for people

planning a funeral

in advance

By Hilary Hudson

Sasha's Legacy
Sasha’s Legacy
A guide to funerals

for babies

By Nicola Daly

Death without warning
Death without warning
Information for individuals and families in the days ahead after a sudden death

By Lynne Ewart, Hazel Neser

and Tricia Irving

Last Words
Last Words
Produced by the

Funeral Directors Association of NZ

Offers an insight into how different cultures deal with death and funerals

       Last Words
About Funerals
Information about our company & funeral planning

 

 

 

 

Other helpful links:

For more resources you

may like to visit Skylight

Environmentally friendly

funeral options, visit

www.ecofunerals.co.nz

Online Planning Guide to

create a Catholic Funeral

Service or Funeral Mass

www.catholicfunerals.co.nz

 

 

 


Please feel free to come in and use our resources
Click Here to view our locations in Wellington and the Hutt Valley.



Makara Cemetery Bus 3rd Wednesday of
every month


Click here for details

Ceremony of Remembrance

Each year, the Staff of Harbour City Funeral Home, invite members of families of those who have died during the past 4-5 years to join them in a Ceremony of Remembrance at Christmas time at Old St Paul’s, Mulgrave Street Thorndon.

Service Date 2012

Date of the church service this year will be held on the 9th December 2011