Carried Away

When I started to organise a funeral for my Mum, I was appalled at the prices I was given, even for very basic coffins and I decided that I had to act. I made Mum’s coffin and then started offering Coffins to the public.

At Carried Away, our mission, is to make affordable coffins available to the public and I believe that we offer many of the most cost-effective solutions available.

It soon became apparent that the cost of freight was making it impossible to provide products economically to people outside the central North Island.

The solution is the first traditionally shaped, Flat Pack Coffin.
Priced from only $500, it is freight free to any urban address in New Zealand.
The Flat Pack is easy to assemble with all the tools supplied, except a Philips screwdriver.

Flat Packs include full assembly instructions and there are also videos in the “Gallery”, showing each stage of the process.
A Direct cremation Casket is also available, which can be used if there is not going to be a funeral. This is our cheapest flat pack, at only $400.

Coffins are available in MDF and Plywood, painted or stained and with a range of linings. They can also be supplied fully assembled ex Putaruru for the Flat pack price.

The heart of this website is the “Coffin Selector”. The process of choosing a coffin has been broken down to its individual steps, and the information that you need to make each decision has been provided and a rolling total of the cost of your selections is displayed. This allows you to alter your choices to reduce the cost, or to experiment with other options.

Our objective is to keep all coffins in stock, which means urgent orders, not including Painting or Staining, can usually be dispatched within a day.

The web site is set up so that you can proceed right through to payment at your own pace and without pressure, but if you would like to talk to us, we are always happy to hear from you.

Becoming involved in assembling and decorating a coffin is a great way to assist grieving. This is especially true for children, who are sometimes left out of the process.

Several photos of decorated coffins are included in the “Gallery”, to provide some ideas.
For those who would like to make their own coffin, we offer handles and lid screws for you to use, which you can see under the “Hardware” tab.

Thank you for your inquiry, I hope you enjoy the website

We have done testing to prove that all of our coffins and caskets will hold over 600 Kg without failing, however we only rate them at 200Kg, which gives a good factor of Safety.

That depends on where you are in New Zealand. For orders received before 9:00am, we can generally get your coffin on the truck the same day, unless you have asked us to paint or stain it. For orders after 9:00 am, we will dispatch the following day. Freight to North Island destinations is usually 1-2 days after dispatch and to South Island destinations, 3-4 days.

Freight for assembled products is charged as an extra, with rates varying from $72 for the middle of the North Island, $90 to Wellington, $175 for Christchurch and up to $400+ for some of the more out of the way towns in the south.

We are happy to quote freight rates on request.

Yes, we can, but due to the cost and extra time involved, we choose not to. It is much better to have your coffin delivered to a friend or business in town and pick it up from there. It is much cheaper and much quicker.

Yes, we can send to Waiheke Island and Stewart Island.

Yes, Flat packs are easy to assemble, there are only 5 panels (apart from the lid) and they will only go together one way. We have detailed assembly instructions and you can also check out our coffin assembly video in the video section of the website.

We offer two ranges of coffins. Our standard range will accommodate most people and our XL range will accommodate most people who do not fit into a standard coffin. We have a size chart for each coffin on the coffin selector page of the website. Take care when sizing a coffin, Carried Away cannot accept any responsibility for your sizing decisions. If it seems like things are getting a little tight, best to look for a larger alternative. We do not offer anything larger than our XL range.

Linings are stapled to the inside of the coffin with the stapler and staples that we provide in every Flat Pack. We supply detailed instructions and we recommend that you watch the lining fitting video in the video section.

The only tool you will need is a number 2 Phillips screwdriver, all other tools are included in the Flat Pack.

Yes, you can, but we do not recommend this. You will need to buy a set of handles and fit them yourself (the Direct Cremation Casket is not pre drilled for handles) and the result will not be particularly pleasing to the eye. Direct Cremation Caskets are designed to be as cheap as we can make them and there is no attempt to make them look nice, as they are not normally seen.

Most undertakers are OK with the family supplying the coffin as long as they can be assured that it is structurally sound, which ours definitely are. If an undertaker were to object to your supplying the coffin, the only reason I can think of, is that he would be missing out on his profit on the coffin, which is normally quite considerable. If an undertaker did object, I would suggest that you look at using someone else, he is probably telling you that he is out to take as much money off you as he possibly can!

If it is only for a couple of weeks, then yes, we could possibly do that for you. We would approach the storage issue on a case-by-case basis as we only have limited space

No, our coffins are not Eco certified. Our Plywood coffins could be considered as looking eco-friendly, but they are not designed for Eco certification

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