Whitestone Funerals

24/12/2025

We are always here when you need us – holiday season or not …

Our team are experts at guiding families through loss, and the additional issues of a loss over public holidays.

Ph: 03 434 8812 if you need a Funeral Director or advice.

20/12/2025

So many heartfelt messages on the Community Tree.
Smiths Grainstore - Harbour Street

14/12/2025

Dried petals from a casket spray inside a christmas bauble will help one family remember a treasured mum this Christmas. Yellow and pink were her favourite.

30/11/2025

Our Community Tree of Remembrance is now inside Smiths Grainstore - (the walkthrough between Harbour Street and Tyne Streets) in the Historic Precint.
It will be there all December.
If you are missing someone this year pop down to place a tag of remembrance on the tree.

24/11/2025

Sometimes it helps to take a moment from all the busyness and stop to remember...
If you are missing someone this year you are welcome to join us to take a moment to reflect at our annual Remembrance Service.
Open to the community.
Candle lighting, tree of remembrance and string quartet Decadia will play. Light refreshments served.
rsvp: office@whitestonefunerals.co.nz

24/11/2025

Sometimes it helps to take a moment from all the busyness and stop to remember...
If you are missing someone this year you are welcome to join us to take a moment to reflect at our annual Remembrance Service.
Open to the community.
Candle lighting, tree of rememebrance and string quartet Decadia will play. Light refreshments served.
rsvp: office@whitestonefunerals.co.nz

18/11/2025

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When someone we love dies, our minds might know they’re gone — but our hearts can take longer to accept it.

That’s where funeral rituals help. They give us a way to face reality gently, surrounded by love and support.

“Seeing the coffin, knowing he was unreachable — that’s when I understood he wasn’t coming home.”

Funerals aren’t just events. They help our hearts catch up, allowing us to honour, remember, and begin to heal.

Read how rituals create meaning in farewell - link in comments:

14/11/2025

Proud to support this spectacular event- Decadia String Quartet set the scene beautifully. Wonderful photos by Bernard Evangelista Manangkil

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10/11/2025

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🌹: Remembrance Day - 11 November - RSA Garden of Memories

On Tuesday we remember those who gave their tomorrows for our today, and those who have served in the armed forces - on the 107th anniversary of the guns falling silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, at the end of World War One.

We invite the community to attend the ceremony at the RSA Garden of Memories, and be seated by 10:50am for an 11am start.

Thank you, and we welcome you to join us tomorrow.

14/10/2025

Whitestone Funerals are proud to help Sands North Otago observe the Global Wave of Light and the last day of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th-15th October) with an array of memorial candles at the Oamaru Lawn Cemetery Baby Garden.
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10/09/2025

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06/09/2025