Funeral directors argue proposed changes to the rules around burials and cremations in Auckland are insensitive. The proposed amendments to the Auckland council’s Cemeteries and Crematoria Bylaw include restricting the time when burials can take place, allowing only a person authorised by the council to fill a grave, removing flowers from graves two weeks after Read more
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Coffin-shaped toilet dumped
Friday, August 30th, 2013A coffin-shaped dunny will be removed from a far north Queensland cemetery and laid to rest in a nearby paddock. The curiosity, at the township of Millaa Millaa, doesn’t meet building standards and has attracted a number of complaints. Continue reading
Bishop Dunn sends message of support after Jewish graves desecrated
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Bishop Pat Dunn, the Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand, has expressed his disgust at the desecration of Jewish graves with anti-semitic obscenities, including Nazi swastikas, at a cemetery in Auckland. “The vandalism of Jewish graves is a despicable act and I am disgusted that any person or persons would stoop to this level of Read more