About Distinct Funerals
Distinct Funerals is a Southland owned family business. Our vision is to provide a fresh approach to families before, during and beyond the funeral experience.
We aim to provide premium services and products, showing transparency for all costs.
We focus on working in partnership with your family. Our team is genuinely interested in fulfilling the wishes of you and your loved one.
The Distinct Team
Obituaries
Anneke Campbell
Distinct's leading funeral director.
From her time spent as a registered nurse and Melanographer in New Zealand and overseas, Anneke developed an understanding that every patient had their own individual story.
She now wants to help families tell the story of their loved one in a personalised way.
Obituaries
Dalton Chiarioni
Distinct’s lead designer and Funeral Assistant.
He moved with his wife and son from Sao Paulo in Brazil to New Zealand in 2015.
Dalton is a creative thinker and strives for excellence in whatever he does. He take pride in working with families to incorporate their personal details in his work.
Obituaries
John Harris (AJ) MNZM
Factory manager and casket maker, AJ also assists with transfers and funeral services.
During his 46 years in the NZ Police of which 37 were with the Armed Offenders Squad, AJ's service to the country earned him the Member of the New Zealand order of merit.