Part of what makes us unique is that Legacy Funerals is owned by Legacy Trust, a registered charitable trust committed to giving back. This means that profits from our services go right back into the community.
With your help, we have gifted over $3.5 million to charities, schools, local organisations and many other incredible causes, truly enabling your loved ones to create a lasting legacy.
Legacy Trust is responsible for the management of business operations and the annual distribution of all profits from the business for the good of the respective communities in which it operates.
Each year, the Trust makes a full disclosure of fund distribution. Since Legacy Trust was formed in 2007, over $3.5 million has been gifted - generosity that is only possible because of the choice families have made in choosing Legacy Funerals. Our costs are comparable to others, yet we offer added value through benefits to our local communities.
Some of the charities and organisations to have received support include: Waipuna Hospice, Surf Lifesaving Bay of Plenty, Parkinson’s Association, Rescue Helicopter, Riding for the Disabled, local colleges, Tauranga Foodbank, Tauranga Arts Festival, Tauranga Rugby Union and the Foundation for Youth Development.
In 2007, Tauranga’s Gregory Brownless - then owner of Woodhill and Tauranga Park Funeral Homes, made a decision that would change his life and the lives of others in the community around him.
Driven by a longstanding desire to give something back to the people who had given him so much, and convinced that there were others who wanted to make a similar lasting gesture, Greg decided to literally give his business to the community. And so, Legacy Funerals and the Legacy Trust were created.
The Legacy Trust acquired Todd Gower Funeral Services in 2010 and operated this brand for over ten years. Todd Gower Funeral Services is now fully integrated with Legacy Funerals.
Established in 1945 Cambridge Funerals was purchased by the Legacy Trust in 2018 and distribution of profits from this company began in the Cambridge region.
Legacy Funerals expanded in 2022 to service the entire Waikato region with the establishment of a Hamilton CBD venue and Cambridge Funerals updated its name to Legacy Funerals.
Please contact us with any questions. You can request an Application Form via email at office@legacytrust.org.nz or, by completing the contact details below.
Each year, the Trust makes a full disclosure of the charities and organisations to have received support. Profits from Legacy Funerals are distributed by Legacy Trust.
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While Greg no longer receives a salary or benefit from the funeral business which he formerly owned, his family trust continues to own the Woodhill and Tauranga Park funeral home premises. In this way he receives rental income.
Bill was born, raised and educated in Tauranga. While completing his University qualifications he worked for a large Auckland law firm for two years before returning to Tauranga where he was formerly the Senior Partner at Holland Beckett Lawyers.
With the benefit of his wide knowledge of Tauranga, its people and its business world, Bill acts as legal advisor to a large number of Tauranga’s leading business people and for a number of community organisations.
Bill has received a number of awards over the years for his services to the community, including being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2012.
In 2012 he was elected to the Board of Trustees of Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust (TECT) and has served as Chair since 2014. He also serves on a number of national and local Charitable Trusts, voluntary boards, and advisory committees including Legacy Trust.
