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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 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 […]

Funeral Industry Professional Association: A Current Affair

Newhaven Funerals endorses the stand taken by the Funeral Industry Association in challenging the reporting and facts in a recent story on the funeral industry by CH 9’s A Current Affair. Our company upholds the highest standards when dealing with our clients, and the trust they place in us is of the utmost importance and […]

Pre-arranged Funeral Plans

A question we are often asked at Newhaven Funerals is “When is the best time to plan my funeral?”, the answer, is the best time is anytime … other than when you need it. It is much better to make plans ahead, and thankfully, pre-arranged funerals are growing in popularity. Here’s why we think planning […]

Affordable Funerals – Cremation Vs Burial

The last thing we want to do is apply the word cheap to funerals & certainly doesn’t reflect the compassion and quality we deliver to every one of our Newhaven funerals. That also doesn’t mean we are expensive. We pride ourselves on providing affordable, quality funerals in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. If you want the […]

What to Wear to a Funeral

For most funerals, darker dress outfits like a button-up suit or a black dress will always be appropriate, but you may be going to a celebration of life memorial, so you will have more leeway when it comes to what to wear. Different cultures have different customs for funeral attire but if you are still […]

6 Tips for Planning a Funeral

Funerals are one of the most stressful events of our lives and for so many reasons, they are occasions that take a lot out of us. To assist you we have provided a list of 6 tips for planning a funeral in this article. While there are many issues to be dealt with, the practicalities […]

Options for Funeral Arrangements

Even though a funeral is a sad occasion, it doesn’t mean your loved one cannot have an extra special send off. Our experienced funeral directors at Newhaven Funerals have been providing funeral services in Brisbane and the Gold Coast since 1979, and we are happy to provide a plain and simple funeral or one with […]