Te Awamutu Funeral Services

We wish to share with the community.

Te Awamutu Funeral Services has been sold and will transition to new ownership effective on the 1st April.

We sincerely extend our deepest gratitude to the families and individuals who have entrusted us with the care of their loved ones. It has been our utmost privilege to support you during some of life’s most significant and personal moments, and it is an honour we will always value.

We also extend our heartfelt thanks to our community and those who have supported us in many ways through trust, kind words, and ongoing encouragement. Your support has meant a great deal to us and has played an important role in our journey.

Kind regards

Garth, Lynette and Lori Williams

Bradley Shaw has been around death since he was 16. Now he’s the youngest President of the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand — and he sees something most people don’t until it’s too late: life is way shorter than you think.

In this powerful podcast conversation, Bradley unpacks the real economics of death, including how funeral directors can end up carrying unpaid funeral costs, and why a growing number of people are choosing not to hold a funeral at all. He also explores how grief shows up in unexpected ways, why demographic change is creating new challenges and opportunities, and how the profession has evolved from cabinet makers to event managers.

Bradley says every funeral leaves him thinking: “Life’s short… what am I doing? Why am I holding back?”

Research shows that around 70% of people find funerals valuable for beginning their grief journey. But the bigger message is simple: we’re all going to get there one day — so if there’s something you want to do, why wait?

Life is short. It could be way shorter than you realise.

🎧 Link to watch the full episode in comments.....

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Today we pay our respects to the brave soldiers who gave their lives so that we may have peace. We are forever thankful.

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