Gary Pickering and Adelaide Skeet are members of New Zealand Embalmers Association

In New Zealand culture, when someone dies, we need to say goodbye. That farewell may take many forms – a funeral service, a Tangihanga, a wake, a quiet gathering of friends. When this happens, many of the people closely involved find it very helpful to spend time saying goodbye. By viewing the person’s body that looks at peace and natural has been shown to have the most benefit when mourning the loss of someone close.