• You want to ease the burden on your family – if your wishes are unknown when you pass, your family will be faced with making difficult decisions at a challenging time. By having them recorded, this takes the burden of decision making off them and gives them comfort knowing they are doing it your way
• You want your family to have the benefit of a meaningful farewell – a funeral service is especially important for a grieving family to help them through the healing and grieving process
• You want your final wishes to be followed– if you have specific wishes to be cremated or buried, favourite music you wish to be played or even a favourite food to be served at the service, all these help your family create the perfect farewell that you wanted
• You want to assume the financial responsibility for your funeral service – planning ahead enables you to also make financial arrangements to cover your funeral costs. If you wish to look at pre-paying, Betts can offer two secure options for pre-paying for your funeral through the FDANZ Trust (Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand) or the Public Trust
• You want to be self-reliant and have your affairs in order at the end of your life – now is the time to plan when you can think clearly while making these important decisions
• If you don’t have family who are able to ensure your wishes are carried out, pre-planning with us will ensure you are looked after in the way that you wish

Alternatively, we can send you an information pack and a form to record your wishes which you can give back to us or a family member, simply contact us to arrange this or you can download these details here.

All of our pre-arrangement information and meetings with you do not cost anything and there is no obligation to use our services when the time comes. A pre-arrangement or pre-payment can be updated at any time and can be done at any stage of life.