The authoritative third-party sources behind every fact we publish.
Funeral homes listed in our directory are sourced from this register.
Public directory of NZ-registered funeral directors. Authoritative source for our listing data.
Professional standards that FDANZ-listed funeral directors agree to.
Sourced cost ranges and procedural information.
Independent consumer guidance on funeral costs, planning, and consumer rights.
General information on procedural steps after a death.
Official eligibility and current cap for MSD funeral grant.
Independent NZ financial guidance after bereavement.
Encyclopedia of NZ — cultural and historical context on death and funeral practices.
Standards we apply to our own content.
NZ advertising-standards code that informs our editorial rules around superlatives and unsourced claims.
NZ Office of the Privacy Commissioner. Rule 11 governs what we disclose to the user before any data is collected via a lead form.
NZ privacy legislation.
Third-party reviews shown on profile pages.
Reviews and aggregate ratings sourced via Google's Places API. Refresh cadence: monthly. We display reviews only when there are at least 3 verified Google reviews.
We refresh this bibliography annually. If a primary source has updated, moved, or been deprecated, email help@funeralhomes.co.nz and we'll update it.