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Val Heffer – Legacy Interviews

In this Legacy Interview, Val Heffer shares her remarkable journey as a nurse, tutor, and matron across New Zealand and overseas. She reflects on family, service, resilience, friendship, and a spirited marriage that led to decades of adventure, generosity, and deep gratitude for life and whānau.

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Greg Brownless – Legacy Interviews

Greg Brownless was on holiday in Phuket in late 2004. Weeks later, the Boxing Day tsunami struck, and he returned to Thailand to help with the repatriation of those who had died to their families. The experience changed him and made him rethink his entire life, and he knew he wanted to do something bigger. He gifted what was then Greg Brownless Funeral Homes to Legacy Trust, who own Legacy Funerals. Profits from the funeral home are gifted back to the local community via the charitable Trust. It is a story about creating a Legacy longer than your lifetime.

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