Funeral homes
Ephemera donated to the Library in October 2020
Date: 2014, 2019, 2020
From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020
By: Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops of New Zealand; Capital & Coast District Health Board; Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand; Helping You help Animals (Organisation); MAF Biosecurity New Zealand; New Zealand. Ministry of Health; Porirua (N.Z.). City Council
Reference: Eph-A-OCTOBER-2020/4
Description: Ephemera donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library in October 2020 by Denis Fairfax. Most material is undated. Comprises: Supergold Metlink Wellington bus and train ticket; Biosecurity New Zealand "Check, Clean, Dry" fold-out booklet, pamphlet and bumper sticker; Ministry of Health customs flier, August 2014; Kapiti Aero Club survey form; Civil Aviation Authority "How to be a pilot" booklet, January 2019; Civil Aviation Authority "Flying with control?" pamphlet; Te Huinga o ngā Pīhopa Katorika o Aotearoa New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference booklet, 2020; Youth for Human Rights booklet, 2016; VoteSafe End of Life Choice Act flier; Te Rauparaha Arena flier; Capital & Coast District Health Board flier, August 2020; HUHA (Helping You Help Animals) donation flier; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association New Zealand membership flier; Porirua City Council recycling flier; Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry flier; Cleveland Funeral Home personal information and funeral choices booklet and form. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 19 pieces of ephemera.
Walker, J (architect): The Lychway Mortuary Chapel, Palmerston North
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs
By: Walker, J, active 1950s
Reference: PAColl-0811-05-10
Description: The Lychway Mortuary Chapel, Palmerston North (architect: Walker, J) constructed circa 1950s. Image taken circa 1950s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photo
Interview with Rana Ashby
Date: 4 July 1993 - 04 Jul 1993
From: Women in a Mining Town, Waihi 1883-1993, Oral History Project
By: Ashby, Rana Elsie, 1932-
Reference: OHInt-0067/006
Description: Rana Ashby born Ashburton but at the age of 5 years moved to Rangiora when father became Station Master. Describes early working days at Farmers Co-op and recalls having to stop work due to polio scare - reference to law which stated anybody under the age of 16 years not allowed to work in public places. Recalls meeting and marrying Reece Ashby, a cabinet maker and funeral director in the family business. Describes embalming course undertaken in Hamilton - trained by Stan Stout, a Canadian, and at that time the most qualified embalmer in New Zealand. Talks about the Ashby family who were a well established family of carriers in Waihi. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Waihi Other - limited biographical information available Interviewer(s) - Rose MacBeth Venue - Waihi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005830B; OHV-0268 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 videocassette(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB-1643.
Reflections from funeral directors who have worked in New Zealand and Australia
Date: 2010-2011
Reference: OHColl-1015
Description: Interviews with 11 Australian and New Zealand funeral directors and embalmers who share their experiences and personal views of the professions. The interviews investigate changes in the industry over time, cultural and religious variation in practice and similarities and differences between Australia and New Zealand. Key topics covered include embalming rates, corporate ownership, disaster reponse work and gender. The interviewees are John Duncan, Cedric Little, Francis Day, Stuart Wheeler, Cheryl Amys, Simon Manning (New Zealand based participants), plus Colin Boland and Laurelle Boland, Dale Maroney, Terry Crooks, Ron Foley, Warwick Hansen (Australian based participants). Awards/funding - Project was funded by the New Zealand Oral History Award 2010 Interviewer(s) - Penny Brander Quantity: 11 printed abstract(s) - folders containing agreement forms, abstracts and other documentation. 11 digital sound recording(s). 37 Electronic document(s) - project report, participant information, interviewee photos, audio file index, media deposit forms, abstracts. 11 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7628 - OHA-7637; OHDL-001861, OHDL-001863, OHDL-001865, OHDL-001867, OHDL-001869, OHDL-001871, OHDL-001873, OHDL-001875, OHDL-001877, OHDL-001879, OHDL-001881. Search dates: 1940 - 2011
[Funeral notices and memorial services of quarto size, for individuals deceased 1900-1999]
Date: 1900 - 1999
By: Wilson Funeral Home
Reference: Eph-B-FUNERAL-1900s
Description: Includes obituaries, and memorials for: 1906: Christchurch Cathedral. Burial of the late Right Hon R J Seddon (Premier). [Hymn sheet. 1906] 1920s: Rationalist burial service, by W W Collins [Words of service. ca 1950s?] 1938: Geo Dickinson, undertaker and embalmer. Invoice for the burial of Sarah Jane Hough. Invoice dated 5 September 1938 1945: In memoriam Norris Stephen Falla, CMG, DSO, VD. Died at sea 6 November 1945. Cathdral Church of St Paul Wellington, 26 November 1945. Order of service Janet Fraser. St John's Presbyterian Church Wellington, 10 March 1945. Order of service 1957: Lieutenant-Colonel E W Hayton. Military funeral, 21 November 1957. Order of service Joseph Huggan. Funeral arrangements. St Augustine Church, Britannia Street, Petone, 9 September 1957 1986: Funeral service for Anthony Audrey St. Clair Murray Murray-Oliver, MBE, MA, FMANZ, ANZLA, 1915-1986. Order of service (3 copies) 1991: A farewell to Jim Knox, 1919-1991. Old St Pauls, Mulgrave Street, 6 December 1991. Flier only 1997: Harbour City Funeral Home. Advertising flier ca 1997 The Wilson Funeral Home; a century of service and experience caring for people. Booklet. 1997 The Wilson Funeral Home; a century of service and experience caring for people. Pamphlet [ca 1997] 1998: Funeral Directors' Association of New Zealand (Inc). Family bereavement plan. Pre-paid funerals [Booklet. 1998] 1999: The Wilson Funeral Home. Invitation to view new funeral home at 375 Adelaide Road Newtown, 21 March 1999 (2 copies) Commemoration of the life and achievements of Emeritus Professor Don McKenzie. Old St Pauls, Mulgrave Street Wellington, 20 October [1999]. Flier only Nancy Margaret Taylor, 1919-1999. Memorial pamphlet with photographs Van Josephine (Daisy) Taylor, 1910-1999. Celebration of the life. Devonport Auckland, 5 May 1999. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying up to 330 mm.
Angus Family Funeral Directors (Lower Hutt) : Burial registers
Date: 1990-2006
By: Angus Family Funeral Directors
Reference: MS-Group-1649
Description: Funeral registers covering the period 1993-2004. They contain entries for each funeral carried out and include information about the deceased and the financial costs incurred. The Angus Family Funeral Directors funeral home in Naenae, Lower Hutt commenced business at the end of 1992. It was taken over by Caverhill and Graham, Naenae, Lower Hutt in 2004. Quantity: 13 box(es). 1 folder(s). 4.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss
Funeral home of E Morris Jnr Ltd, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Reference: 1/2-062799-F
Description: The funeral home of E Morris Jnr Ltd on Kent Terrace, Wellington, with a hearse and an army bus parked outside. Three houses can be seen on the left. The funeral home was designed by architect Norman Lightbody and built in 1935. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Taranaki Street, Wellington
Date: [ca 1925]
By: Lever Brothers (New Zealand) Ltd
Reference: 1/1-003611-G
Description: Looking south west along Taranaki Street, Wellington, circa 1925. Courtenay Place runs off to the left foreground and York Street is alongside the Dunlop Rubber Company. Also visible are the Terminus Hotel, with a sign which reads `S Edilson proprietor'; signs advertising Fon Lee Laundry, N Z Automatic Bakeries, NZ Automobiles, and Buick ; and the premises of E Morris Jr, undertaker. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
"To avoid body snatching - we only put bags of wheat in the coffins." 11 March, 2008
Date: 2008
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0005753
Description: Shows two glum women standing in a funeral parlour while the funeral director explains that they only put bags of wheat in the coffin to prevent body snatching. The coffin lies on a stand nearby. Refers to incidents of body snatching because of disagreement in families about where the deceased should be buried. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).