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Behind the Horror – Tim Connolly on Gold Coast Road Fatality Nightmare

  STOIC and ever-the-professional, Tim Connolly, the clean cut owner of Newhaven Funerals sits in a dark suit and maroon tie with the weekly road death toll report laid out in front of him. His finger traces along a small graph with a line that continues to climb as each month passes. A 21.9% increase […]

Meet the Team – Carlo DiMartino

Carlo DiMartino has been a valuable member of the Newhaven team for over 3 years now. Originally from Tasmania, with Italian family heritage, Carlo and his family came to the Gold Coast for that sea change that so many others from across the country look for and find right here. Carlo has always worked in […]

Help to Cope with Grief at Christmas

  Grief is particularly difficult to navigate around milestone occasions and especially seasons such as Christmas and the New Year. While the rest of the world who celebrate this holiday prepare by buzzing around decorating and buying gifts for their loved ones, it can feel overwhelming for those who are grieving their loved one. Emotions […]

Why it’s important to have a funeral

Funerals are as old as the human race itself and have proven to date back to over 60,000 BC. Every culture and civilisation around the world have taken care of their loved ones who have passed away in a way of honouring, respecting and remembering them. While each culture has had different ways of doing […]

Meet The Team – Darren Irvine

Proudly introducing: Darren Irvine, Branch Manager at Newhaven Funerals in Stapylton. This year is a special milestone for Darren, as it marks 21 years of dedicated service at Newhaven Funerals and a total of 25 years working in the Funeral Industry. Darren’s experience and perspective as well as his work ethic, put him in the […]

How much does a funeral cost?

And what happens if I can’t afford it? The loss of a loved one is a challenging time for families, and the added worry of the financial burden of a funeral can be overwhelming. Funerals can range in prices and while there are a variety of payment options available for most funerals, it’s always better […]

How Covid Has Changed Funerals

Organising a funeral for a loved one is never easy, but in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become even more stressful. For the last 40 years our commitment has been to help families’ farewell their loved ones respectfully. We become the family’s strength in their difficult time. We always put the families […]

Are Coloured Coffins Popular?

Newhaven Funerals goal and mission is to provide people and their families with the easiest, calmest and most stress free funeral arrangements as possible. Losing a loved one is never something that you want to have to deal with, so it is important for us to take some of the burden off you in terms […]

Aussie Invention Sends Messages From And To The Grave

In late 2018 we attended the Cremation Association of North America Conference and met up with Sonia from a fantastic company named ModUrn. Tim Connolly from Newhaven Funerals says “We were amazed by this new memorial technology and decided we could incorporate these beacon memorials into our crematorium memorial gardens at Eco Memorial Park in […]