Family & Friends
$3,599
The Family & Friends option provides a dignified transfer of your loved one into our care, professional preparation and cremation. You also have the opportunity to spend time with your loved one at our Chapel.
This service includes 24-hour advice and support.
What’s Included
With dignity, we will transfer your loved one into our care and provide fundamental hygienic services.
One of our funeral directors will visit you at your home or you are welcome to visit us at our Chapel to finalise arrangements which will include preparation and lodgement of all necessary documentation including the Death Certificate.
The opportunity to spend one hour with your loved one in our Chapel.
We will take care of the cremation and all required fees. The ashes will be available to you within three working days following the cremation.
Due to the unique options and pricing, full payment is required before the funeral service or the day of cremation.
If you would like a celebrant to talk on your behalf and have the opportunity to catch up with guests following a service, A Gathering would be a better option.
Additional Services
Additional Hygienic services – Full or partial embalming may often enhance the viewing experience, or be necessary for preservation. Both options are available if required and can be discussed with your funeral director.
Additional casket options are available – click on the Casket Brochure below.
If you would like to spend more time with your loved one, this can be arranged and an additional fee would apply.
Additional fees for weekends, after hours and public holidays.
Additional fees may apply if travel is outside our 50km radius.
Caskets
If you would like to upgrade from the cremation casket included in this option, please click on the link below to view our full casket options and prices.
Download Our Caskets, Urns and Keepsakes Brochure.
Urns and Keepsakes
We are able to source an extensive range of memorial jewellery and other urn types. To view our catalogue, click on the link below for options and prices. Please note there will be a delay as these will need to be ordered in.
Download Our Caskets, Urns and Keepsakes Brochure.
Live Streaming
Funerals give family and friends the opportunity to connect with one another and celebrate the special people in their lives who have passed. Live Streaming enables people to view a funeral service using the internet, either live or later, at convenient times and across different time zones.
Frequently Asked Questions
We will arrange the opportunity for you to spend some time with your loved one either at our Chapel or you may wish to have your loved one at home.
The death certificate is registered online on the day following the cremation and lodged with Births, Deaths and Marriages. It then takes 5-10 working days to be prepared and is posted direct to the Next of Kin as stated on the arrangement form.
With the Family & Friends option, catering is not included. However, if you would like to have catering, A Gathering option may be more suited to you.
One of our funeral directors will contact you once the ashes are ready to be collected. The ashes may be available two days following the cremation.
All artificial joints are recycled and the proceeds are donated to The Canterbury Charitable Hospital, Burnside.
As glass is unable to be cremated, all glasses are donated to the Fred Hollows Foundation.
The flowers get cremated along with the casket, however if you wish to keep the flowers, your funeral director will make sure these are given to you prior.
A death notice is a short message printed in the Christchurch Press on the funeral page.
Typically, a death notice states the full name, date of death, family details, and general service details of the deceased. Your funeral director will assist you to write the death notice.
Due to the unique options and pricing, we do not run credit accounts. Full payment is to be made on or before the funeral service or the day of cremation.
Google Reviews
If I was wanting this to be any easier I don’t know how I could make any suggestions. The staff I dealt with were so friendly, understanding, genuinely empathetic and very professional. I felt like I had nothing to worry about, the choices were well explained. Nina made the whole process bearable.
My father found this place on the internet before his death, and liked the look of it because of the low price. So in line with this we engaged Christchurch Crematorium Funerals to arrange his funeral for us. And not only did they have the low price, they had excellent service as well, a nice chapel and a great spread for the afternoon tea. Every aspect of dealing with them was very professional from start to end when compared to the next one we had to organise (in a different city).
Wouldn’t hesitate to contact them for any funeral in the Christchurch area. They just made a hard time so easy
I was far away from home and Ryan from Christchurch Crematorium, met with me and took care of all the details with such kindness and grace, while gently guiding me through the decision making process. It was such a relief that there is a company that understands how much a sudden tradedy with no family support can make arrangements even more difficult. This is where this company shines, compassionately fufilling everything that they promise.
Stunning! The staff are so caring and kind. I am so grateful that the whole process couldnt have been made smoother. So wonderful to deal with. Without a doubt this should be your first call. Thank you so much to the whole team, especially Sharyn
When my darling mother passed away recently I did not hesitate to engage Christchurch Cremations as had been her wish. The service provided was flawless, as I had expected it would be. This funeral home can be approached with every confidence that its staff are well trained, professional, and very caring.
