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DO you need to submit a death notice-obituary to your local or national newspaper?

If you are reading this, then you will be going through a time of sadness with a range of emotions. If you are responsible for handling funeral arrangements, there is a checklist of things that need to be taken care of after someone passes away within our Advice section “What to do: A Checklist”. If no wishes are stated, a professional funeral director can assist you with all the arrangements. A funeral director can guide you and you can do as much as you wish to. Here is a list of New Zealand Newspapers to contact to place a death notice/an obituary/a funeral notice. The value of an obituary is to notify the community of a death and to celebrate a life.

  • The newspaper will require verification that your loved one has died.
  • 1. The simplest way is to provide the name of your Funeral Home (or Doctor) who was caring for your loved One and the newspaper will call and verify.
  • 2. You can send to the newspaper the “Death Certificate” (officially called “Medical Certificate of Cause of Death”)
  • 3. A link to a previously published newspaper obituary (often from overseas).


New Zealand Newspapers

1. Bay of Plenty Times
Phone: 07 577 7770
Email: classifiedsbop@nzme.co.nz

2. The Dominion Post
Phone: 0800 287 322
Email: familynotices@stuff.co.nz

3. The Gisborne Herald
Phone: 06 869 0600
Email: info@gisborneherald.co.nz

4. Hawke’s Bay Today
Phone: 6 873 0808
Email: classified@hbtoday.co.nz

5. Manawatū Standard
Phone:  06 356 5000
Email: internetsales@msl.co.nz

6. Marlborough Express
Phone: 03 520 8918
Email: classifieds@marlexpress.co.nz 

7. Nelson Mail
Phone: 03 548 0119 or 0800 800 515
Email: classifieds@nelsonmail.co.nz

8. Otago Daily Times
Link to booking online
Phone: Death Notices cannot be placed over the phone
Email: classified@alliedpress.co.nz
Come into: 52 Lower Stuart Street Dunedin or your local ODT office 

9. The New Zealand Herald
Link to booking online
Phone: 0800 437 253
Email: classads@nzherald.co.nz 

10. The Northern Advocate
Phone: 09 470-2811
Email: northland@nzme.co.nz

11. The Press
Phone: 0800 287 322
Email: familynotices@stuff.co.nz

12. Rotorua Daily Post
Phone: 07 348 6199
Email: classifiedsbop@nzme.co.nz

13. The Southland Times
Phone: 0800 252 779
Email: classifieds@stuff.co.nz

14. Taranaki Daily News
Phone: 06 759 0802
taranakiclassifieds@stuff.co.nz

15. The Timaru Herald
Phone: 0800 100 129
Email: thclass@timaruherald.co.nz

16. Waikato Times
Phone: 0800 287 322
Email: familynotices@stuff.co.nz

17. Whanganui Chronicle
Phone: 06 349 0711
Email: classads@whanganuichronicle.co.nz

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