News and Media
There's too little time to maintain a regular blog, but here you'll find the latest news as it comes to hand.
18 Feb 2009 - Tenderrest pine caskets approved for burial in NZ Natural Burial cemeteries
We are delighted to announce that tenderrest caskets in pine plywood have been approved for burial in NZ Natural Burial cemeteries.
Natural Burials, who led the setup of the Wellington Natural Burial cemetery and have been closely involved in the setup of other cemeteries, have agreed to accept tenderrest caskets for burial in their approved cemeteries.
In doing this they have recognised that Tenderrest caskets are a modern alternative to traditional casket shapes, and meet their high environmental standards for materials and soil breakdown.
We are now working to demonstrate that bamboo breaks down rapidly enough in soil to meet the Natural Burial standards, meantime the pine plywood nextgen is available now.
13 Oct 2008 - nextgen and bambino designs achieve success in NZ Designer's Institute "BeST" awards!
Nextgen and Bambino have picked up bronze awards in both the Best Consumer Product and Sustainable Product categories in the Designers Institute of New Zealand annual "BeST" awards.
We're delighted to be recognised as achieving a high standard amongst the best of NZ design!
15 September 2008 - World Sweet World magazine
The latest edition of Wellington-based quarterly World Sweet World magazine is just out, including an article by us about the roles of eco-planning and good eco-friendly design in the area of funerals.
This is a great little magazine full of projects to make yourself - get yourself a copy or better yet, a subscription.
More info here
4 Aug 2008 - Profile in Unlimited business magazine
The August edition of Unlimited business magazine has a profile of Final Furniture director Andrew Hubbard, and a great photo of a couple of patterned nextgens set against the blue skies of Lyall Bay.
The sky is always this colour in Wellington! ;-)
7 Jul 2008 - Andrew Hubbard named as finalist in NBR/Bayer Innovator Awards!
Final Furniture director Andrew Hubbard was named named alongside 9 other top NZ innovators in the Bayer Innovator Awards run by the NBR newspaper.
It's a real honour to share a page with some of the finest minds in NZ industry.
More details (with apologies for the large file size) here