Return to Sender Caskets

Return to Sender Caskets Return to Sender Caskets is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading designer of environmentally considered caskets.

Thoughtfully crafted for a beautiful and conscious farewell. Return to Sender offers a wide range of hand-finished caskets made from untreated and sustainable wood, including options crafted from beautiful native timbers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our designs are environmentally considered at every stage. This includes materials, fixings, handles, and finishes. If there is a better way to do things, chances are we are already doing it. Built to meet the highest performance standards, our caskets are crafted with care using innovative construction techniques. Our diverse collection of traditional and contemporary designs caters for a wide range of budgets and are available through Funeral Directors throughout the North Island. As a lasting symbol of life and renewal, we donate one native tree for every casket bearing the Trees for Survival logo.

🌱 19,842 Trees and Counting as at 01 Nov 2025! 🌱At Return to Sender Caskets, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword, it’s ...
17/11/2025

🌱 19,842 Trees and Counting as at 01 Nov 2025! 🌱

At Return to Sender Caskets, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the heartbeat of everything we do. That’s why we’re proud to partner with Trees for Survival, a remarkable programme empowering young kaitiaki (guardians) across Aotearoa to grow and plant native trees.

🌿 For every casket sold bearing the Trees for Survival logo, we donate a native tree, helping restore habitats, capture carbon, and protect our precious waterways for generations to come. So far, that’s 19,842 native trees making a real difference! 🌏💚

HOW MANY PLANTS?!
Final planting day reports are in from the Trees for Survival 2025 planting season, and it has been a huge year! Students, teachers, parents, landowners, TfS Facilitators, and many willing supporters can be incredibly proud of contributing to the planting of 171,708 native plants this season.

It has also been a bumper year for the distribution of native plant seedlings to TfS Schools. Seed collectors around the regions, along with nine nurseries, have collected seed, germinated, and distributed approximately 240,000 native plant seedlings to 251 schools!
The seedlings this year are looking incredible, and with TfS facilitators supporting schools in potting on these precious plants, there are some very full and healthy-looking growing units out there.

💚🖤💚 💚 Want to be part of this movement?
Visit www.tfsnz.org.nz
and join the restoration revolution!

We will remember them 🌺
12/11/2025

We will remember them 🌺

🧡🎨🟠 Paint It Orange with Return to Sender! 🟠🎨🧡❓Who doesn’t love orange? 🟠🟠🟠We’ve transformed our elegantly crafted Voyag...
11/11/2025

🧡🎨🟠 Paint It Orange with Return to Sender! 🟠🎨🧡
❓Who doesn’t love orange? 🟠🟠🟠

We’ve transformed our elegantly crafted Voyage, Tasman and Pure and Simple caskets into a canvas of hope, proudly painted in Resene Clockwork Orange to support the Paint It Orange campaign for Arthritis New Zealand this November.

Every vibrant brushstroke represents care, community, and courage. For every 60 mL orange testpot sold, Resene donates $1 to Arthritis NZ. A small pot of paint can make a big difference.

🪵 Our natural caskets, finished in this uplifting hue, reflect the warmth and compassion at the heart of everything we create. This campaign reminds us that even the simplest acts, like choosing a colour, can brighten someone’s journey.

Here’s how you can join in:
1️⃣ Visit your local Resene ColorShop.
2️⃣ Grab an orange testpot in your favourite shade.
3️⃣ Paint something you love, such as a plant pot, frame, or small keepsake.

💬 Let’s turn Aotearoa a beautiful shade of orange together. When colour meets compassion, change happens.

📸 Swipe through to see our orange-painted Voyage, Pure and Simple, and Tasman caskets, a true expression of Kiwi creativity, craftsmanship, and community spirit.

This Remembrance Day, 11 November 2025, we honour the courage, sacrifice, and legacy of those who served. 🌹 At 11am, we ...
10/11/2025

This Remembrance Day, 11 November 2025, we honour the courage, sacrifice, and legacy of those who served. 🌹 At 11am, we will pause to remember. Lest we forget 🎗️

🌿 Remembering Lee Tamahori (Ngāti Porou) 🌿Aotearoa has lost a cinematic rangatira. Lee Tamahori, the director of Once We...
10/11/2025

🌿 Remembering Lee Tamahori (Ngāti Porou) 🌿

Aotearoa has lost a cinematic rangatira. Lee Tamahori, the director of Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day, xXx: State of the Union and more, passed away peacefully at home, aged 75.

Lee’s storytelling brought Māori culture and New Zealand voices to the world stage with mana, aroha and authenticity. Once Were Warriors challenged us, opened hearts and showed the power of our stories.

We are honoured to have supported Tipene Funeral Services during this time, with the utmost aroha and respect.
His legacy lives on in every story he told and every life he touched.

E moe mai rā, e te rangatira. Haere, haere, haere atu rā🌺

🌿🪦 From Hellmouths to Headstones ⚰️In Medieval Europe, funerals were more than farewells - they were sacred shields agai...
22/10/2025

🌿🪦 From Hellmouths to Headstones ⚰️

In Medieval Europe, funerals were more than farewells - they were sacred shields against Hellmouths, monstrous gateways to the underworld. The churchyard and its rites protected the soul’s passage.

Today, we honour that same threshold between life and memory with care and respect, crafted here in Aotearoa:
🌿 Sustainable, locally sourced timber
🪵 Handcrafted with love in New Zealand
🌱 Select caskets support native tree planting through TREES FOR SURVIVAL

At Return to Sender, we believe every life deserves a meaningful goodbye - one that reflects beauty, care & thoughtfulness.

What does a meaningful farewell mean to you?
Share your thoughts below, or explore our range of caskets at returntosender.co.nz


Trees for Survival

With Metlifecare Retirement Villages – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engage...
21/10/2025

With Metlifecare Retirement Villages – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

21/10/2025

🌊 Tasman Casket 🌊
A natural farewell, shaped by Aotearoa.
Crafted from locally grown pine and inspired by the gentle flow of Te Tai o Rēhua (the Tasman Sea), the Tasman Casket carries wairua, mana, and aroha in every detail.
💚 Soft wax finish
🖤 Taura-style rope handles
💚 Matching thumbscrews
A refined, natural casket. Made in Aotearoa, connected to whenua and moana and created to honour a life with care, dignity & intention.

✨ Light never leaves us, it simply changes form. This Diwali, we honour the light that lives on in the memories we hold ...
20/10/2025

✨ Light never leaves us, it simply changes form. This Diwali, we honour the light that lives on in the memories we hold dear. 🌸
At Return to Sender, we create with love, reflection & reverence, even in life’s quietest moments.
May this season bring you peace, warmth & gentle renewal 💚🖤💚

Can’t decide between “I do” 💍 and “Adieu” ⚰️?This carpark’s sign sure is having an identity crisis.Thankfully, Return to...
14/10/2025

Can’t decide between “I do” 💍 and “Adieu” ⚰️?
This carpark’s sign sure is having an identity crisis.

Thankfully, Return to Sender Caskets nails one thing:
the perfect final send-off - with no detours.

When it comes to goodbyes, we know exactly where to park your trust. 🚗⚰️💐


🌪️ Wit’s End Wednesday 🌪️📍 Nothing like being chauffeured to the cemetery by a primate.....only to have Siri announce th...
14/10/2025

🌪️ Wit’s End Wednesday 🌪️
📍 Nothing like being chauffeured to the cemetery by a primate.....only to have Siri announce the end of your existential arc.
⚰️ GPS: 1
🧠 Human Condition: 0

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