Pricing

Today, the Shone & Shirley team offers our community a modern service, meeting traditional and family values while giving the families we care for flexibility and freedom of choice on how they want to say good-bye to your loved one.

A beautiful service captures the essence of your loved one and a celebration of their life. At Shone & Shirley, we will help you design a farewell that is a fitting and meaningful memorial. Our staff will do everything they can to help a sad day be a meaningful and positive experience.

There are only a few legal requirements to funerals and the options are as limitless as your or your loved one's imagination.  Being locally owned gives us complete control of what we can offer our community at an affordable cost. Everyone deserves open transparent personal service meeting their needs.

​We understand that everyone's needs are different, and we can provide you with an estimate for the personal service that is tailored to your needs. No two funerals are the same. Our prices include many of the funeral elements that other providers may add on as extras.

Our Professional service fee is our main fee for families. This covers the overheads of running our business, amenities, our professional guidance and expertise.

In respect to this requirement we carry out the following on your behalf: transportation from the place of death, personal attendance to receive instructions concerning the funeral, directing the funeral in the greater Nelson, Tasman, and Marlborough region.

We arrange the collection of medical papers and filing of the appropriate legal forms with the authorities, as well as attending to the medical referee and sexton at the cemetery or crematorium.

The fee includes appropriate care of your loved one while in our care, or at a private home, use of our facilities, and 24-hour assistance.

We understand that everyone's needs are different, we can provide you an estimate for a personal service that is tailored to your needs.

At the completion of all funeral arrangements we will give you a written estimate showing a breakdown of all costs involved, so you remain in charge of the final costs associated with the funeral.

You may be eligible for Financial Assistance.

We can assist you in applying for these grants.

Price Transparency

Price scenarios can help you understand what the cost associated with a funeral can be. We have created some scenarios that may give you a better understanding of what your funeral may cost. Each funeral is tailored to suit your wishes and budget.

Full Funeral Service

$7,458

  • 24 Hour Phone Response

  • Time for Viewing

  • Full Professional Service Fee

  • Full Care of your loved one (Embalming)

  • Hearse hire for Service

  • Initial Transfer Fee

  • Cremation Fee ( If Burial, Fee as set by the Council)

  • Death Certificate

  • Full Chapel & Catering Lounge hire

  • *Casket not included/a wide range of caskets available

Commital Service

$5,763

  • 24 Hour Phone Response

  • Professional Service Fee

  • Personal Care of your loved one

  • Initial Transfer Fee

  • Cremation Fee ( If Burial, Fee as set by the Council)

  • Death Certificate

  • Time for viewing

  • Committal Service

  • Hearse hire for Service Committal Service in our Chapel or at the Graveside

  • *Casket not included/a wide range of caskets available

*Based around a 30 minute service

Simple Cremation

$4,083

  • 24 Hour Phone Response

  • Professional Service Fee

  • Personal Care of your loved one

  • Initial Transfer Fee

  • Cremation Fee

  • Death Certificate

  • Cremation Casket (upgradable)

  • Time for viewing

Price Scenarios

For a more detailed overview of our Pricing Scenarios please reference our booklet. You can download our Price Scenario booklet here.

Shone & Shirley will not charge extra for:

  • Coming to your home to make arrangements

  • Out-of-hours attendance

  • Family viewing outside of office hours

  • Additional staff if required

  • Personal memorial page on our website

Funeral costs reflect the elements you choose which may be individual and personalised. You can find a low-cost cremation on the internet for as little as $2000. We charge more than this. Why? Our clients want the highest standard of care for them and their loved one, and receive our professional expertise to arrange a funeral that’s “just right”. Lean on our experience – it costs nothing to have a conversation.