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Personal Profile

The following includes the information required by the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Please complete fully to ensure your personal details are accurately recorded and your wishes followed.

My Personal Details
Surname (Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss/Dr etc)
 
Name at birth
 
First names
 
Address
 
Birth date
 
Birth place
 
Ethnicity
 
Are you descended from NZ Maori? (Yes/No/Don't know)
 
If not born in NZ, year of arrival in New Zealand
 
Profession/occupation
 
Full name of father
 
Profession/occupation of father
 
Full maiden name of mother
 
Profession/occupation of mother
 

Marriage/Civil Union Details
Married/civil union/separated/divorced
 
First marriage/union details
 
Where married/united
 
Living spouse/partner's birth date
 
Second and subsequent marriages/unions
 
Divorce/separation details
 

Family Details
Children living
 
Sons' birth dates
 
Daughters' birth dates
 
Are you a justice of the Peace? (Yes/No)
 
Are you a Marriage Celebrant? (Yes/No)
 

Service Record
Service No.
 
Overseas/New Zealand service
 
Which war/rank
 
Unit or regiment
 

My Funeral Details
Name and address of next of kin/executor likely to make the funeral arrangements.
 
Name and address of solicitor holding the will
 
Name of the funeral director to arrange the funeral
 
Is the funeral pre arranged/pre paid?
 
Name and address of preferred priest/clergy/celebrant
 
Venue of service
 
Casket choice (if known)
 
Burial or cremation
 
Plot (if any) new/re-open
 
Ashes placement: scatter/inter
 
Flowers preferred
 
Donations at the service to
 
Name of employer
 
Name of doctor
 
Who would you like to be asked to speak/do a reading at your funeral?
 
Who would you like to be pallbearers?
 
Music preferences for the service?
 
Hymn or song choices for the service?
 
Special readings for the service (e.g. from the Bible, verse, books)
 
Any special instructions?
 
List the names and addresses of next of kin to be informed
 
List the names and addresses of friends, relatives, clubs, organisations etc you would like contacted regarding the funeral service
 
Click here to submit form to Geoffrey T Sowman Funeral Directors for us to keep on record