DIY Will Kit NZ| Making A DIY Online Last Will & Testament New Zealand

Welcome to the DIY Will Kit For New Zealand home page.

So you want a DIY Will Kit For NZ. You’ve come to the right website!
We spend a lot of time and effort getting some assets together and we want to pass them on to those people we love.
We all know we will pass on one day, but we don’t know when. We’ve all seen the news where people suddenly die from all sorts of accidents. So the sooner we are prepared for the inevitable event the better it will be for those loved ones that live on after us.
Your Will can be a great legacy where you show your loved ones how much you loved and thought about them or it can be your last mess you left your nearest and dearest to sort out!
So if you don’t want to spend a lot of money to make or update your Will you’re at the right website.

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Around 1500 people die in New Zealand every year without a Will.
Research by the Commission for Financial Capability has found only 47 per cent of people have a Will but this percentage is much lower for non-Pakeha. Only 31 per cent of Maori people have a Will, while only 25 per cent of Asian people do, and only 20 per cent of Pasifika people have a Will.
New Zealand law gives everyone over the age of 18 the right to make their own legally binding Will.

Who needs a Will?

Everyone over the age of 18. Even if you don’t own much, what you own may have more sentimental value to your next of kin than you realise.

Reasons to write a Will include:

1. Changes in marital status – If you’ve become married, separated or divorced you need to write a new Will. So if you die your property will go to who you want it to go to within what the law allows. From the date of your marriage your Will is automatically revoked, unless your Will states it was made ‘in contemplation of marriage’. Also if you separate it does not revoke your Will. So if you died before you wrote a new Will your ex-partner could benefit from your estate. A Separation Order or Dissolution of Marriage / Civil Union issued by the Court does not revoke your Will, it only revokes parts of your Will.
2. Assurance – We can’t predict when we pass on or become mentally incapacitated from an event such as an accident.
3. Estate distribution – You can decide who gets your property and who does not. This includes being able to give specific items as well as amounts of money to whoever you chose.
4. Executor – You can chose who you want to execute your Will.
5. Guardian for minor children – If you’re a parent you can nominate who you want as a guardian for your children while they are under 18 years old.
6. Save time, money, and stress for your loved ones. If you die without a Will the process of settling your estate is more time consuming, stressful and costs more of your money.
7. Reduce potential disputes – If you don’t have a Will then there’s more potential for disagreements between your next of kin with regard to how your estate is settled. These arguments can split families and leave a lasting resentment between family members.
8. Instructions for your digital assets – You can leave specific instructions on how you want your digital assets managed. The Do It Yourself Will Kit For New Zealand includes guidance and forms to help with this.
9. Charity – You can leave a legacy to your favourite charitable organisation(s).
10. Funeral instructions – You can decide if your body is buried or cremated and where the remains are placed. Also any other specific preferences for the ceremony such as religious rites, last message or music. Also whether you want to donate your body or organs.
11. Pet care – In New Zealand pets are legally classified as property. You can make provision for your pet(s) in your Will. The Do It Yourself Will Kit For New Zealand includes information on how to do this.
12. Show love – A Will is a way to show your love for your next of kin after you’ve gone by distributing your property in a considerate way.
13. Avoid intestacy – If you die without a valid Will (intestate) then your property will be distributed according to the Administration Act. Which means you won’t get a say in how your assets are distributed so your property could be distributed in a way you would not want.
14. Avoid delays – If there are problems with your Will, or if you have no Will, there can be delays for substantial periods of time before your loved ones benefit from your property which can have lost opportunity costs for your beneficiaries.
15. Peace of mind – After you’ve made your Will you can have peace of mind that you’ve made provision for everything you can so your loved ones are looked after as best you can after you’ve passed on. Leaving them with fond memories of you.
So it’s best to make a Will as soon as possible after the age of eighteen years old while you are capable.

The advantages of using the Do It Yourself Will Kit For New Zealand are:

• The Do It Yourself Will Kit For New Zealand includes a comprehensive Will Guide that gives explanations of the common matters relating to Wills.
• Low one off cost. Instead of paying substantial costs to professionals. Professional legal advisors don’t have the time to explain all the complexities that are in the Do It Yourself Will Guide For New Zealand. If you did pay a Professional legal advisor to explain all the legal intricacies surrounding Wills it would likely cost hundreds of dollars an hour plus G.S.T. and then you may forget what they said anyway.
• Cover likely eventualities – Advisors tend to take instruction based on what you tell them, if you overlook an important matter you can get a Will that doesn’t cover everything that it should for your unique circumstances.
• Questions you might not think to ask are answered – Advisors will answer the questions you ask but you may not be aware of what you need to ask for your situation. So you can end up with a Will that creates problems for your loved ones to sort out at considerable expense that add time delays before they can enjoy what you’ve left to them.
• Cheap updates to your Will – You can update your Will for the price of printing the black and white A4 forms, once you’ve bought the Do It Yourself Will Kit For New Zealand.
• Make changes when you want to at a minimal cost. If you pay a professional it could cost hundreds of dollars even when you only want a minor change.
• Knowledge is power – You’re in control of your legacy and it’s interesting to learn the intricacies of Will making so you can avoid making mistakes. Then the maximum amount of your estate goes as quickly as possible to your loved ones.
• Plan your estate – There are legal ways that you could potentially save substantial amounts of money that are explained in the Do It Yourself Will Guide For New Zealand.

How do I create a legally valid Will?

You can get a lawyer to prepare a Will for you but in New Zealand the legal fees will typically cost around NZ$350 to $850 for a single will and NZ$500 to NZ$1,250 for a couple depending on the complexity of the Will(s) and if they have to make a visit to your home or hospital.

You can get a trust organisation to make a Will for you. Some trust organisations charges for a Will start at NZ$289 and go up to NZ$499 and can go beyond that amount if you need more consultation time with additional charges from $276 (inc GST) per hour.
Just updating the Will can cost between NZ$249 and NZ$459

At DiyWillKit.NZ we provide a DIY Will Kit NZ for New Zealand including everything you need (other than printing) to make legally binding Will in New Zealand for a one off charge. Go to the shop page see the current price.
The only additional cost is the modest price of printing the A4 size documents anytime you want to update your Will. You can reuse the base documents to update your Will when ever you want to.

DIY Will Kit NZ Will Guide For New Zealand explains what you need to know in an easy to follow step by step set of instructions.
Including what legal advisers don’t explain unless you know what to ask.
Written by someone who has tried the various options and found the pitfalls! Including being caught in the fallout of a Will written with the “help” of a professional lawyer which had easily avoidable problems! That the lawyers company then charged to fix!

If you pass away without a Will.

If you die without a having made a Will you are deemed to have died “intestate”. This makes administering your estate more complicated and potentially more expensive to administer than if you had a Will. When someone dies intestate the Administration Act determines who can be the administrator of the estate and how the estate is distributed. This can result in your estate being distributed in away that you would not have wanted. As well as creating additional costs and delays in distributing the estate.
That can cause your loved ones additional and unnecessary stress and even break up families who may argue and resort to legal action that can have significant legal costs that can come out of your estate and reduce what your loved ones get. There have been cases when most of someone’s estate has gone in legal fees to lawyers.
So writing a legal Will can be seen by your loved ones as a loving act towards them and become part of your legacy instead of becoming a protracted expensive stress for them that can break up relationships.

When should you update an existing Will.

A Will should be reviewed every five years, or when you have a significant life event such as buying a house, getting married, having children or grandchildren or after a loved one named in your Will dies.
DIY Will Kit NZ provides you with an easy to download Will Kit that includes all you need to make a simple Will (one that does not involve Trusts). You will need to use a computer and find a way to print the completed documents. If you don’t have a printer yourself there are companies such as the Warehouse Stationary that offer a cheap prompt option to print what’s needed.
If you want or have a Trust you will need to get professional legal advice which will likely involve both setup and ongoing costs.
Once you’ve bought this ‘DIYWillKit.NZ’ Will Kit it allows you to edit and change your Will as often as you like. The Will can be witnessed for free as explained in the step by step notes that are included.

The DIY Will Kit NZ Will Kit includes online access to:

1. The Do It Yourself Will Guide For New Zealand that includes a comprehensive explanation of what you need to know about Wills.
2. Downloadable, editable & printable Will forms (in both PDF & .doxc format for Microsoft Word & another format for a free downloadable software program if you don’t have Microsoft Word) suitable for –
• A single person or married couple with children.
• A single person or married couple without children.
3. A “Notes For The Will Executor” form that’s downloadable, editable & printable , to help the executor identify and locate your assets. So none of your assets get lost because they can’t be identified or located.
4. A Digital Assets & Utility Accounts form that’s downloadable, editable & printable to help your Will Executor complete their job, that could include sorting out your online presence.
5. A link to free downloadable software for editing and printing the Will Form to complete the Will if you don’t have suitable word editing software already installed on your computer.

6. A comprehensive explanation and form about Advanced Directive (Living Will) For Medical Care.

7. A comprehensive explanation for the two types of Enduring Power Of Attorney.

The ‘DIY Will Kit NZ’ Will Kit is:

Is 38 pages of useful information to help you write your Will.
Easy to understand for an average person.
Written in plain English not legal jargon.
Includes a clause by clause explanation to help you fill out the Will form and the other optional forms.

The subjects in The DIY Will Kit NZ Guide include:

• Glossary of relevant terminology.
• Explanations of:
• a. What is a Will?
• b. Who can make a Will?
• c.Who should make a Will?
• d.Why should I make a Will?
• e. What happens if I die without a Will?
• When is it a good idea to change my Will?
• Relationship changes affect your Will.
• Marriage and civil unions.
• Separation/divorce.
• De facto partnerships.
• The Property (Relationships) Act 1976.
• Ownership of real estate property.
• Legal requirements for a valid Will.
• Organ Donation
• Timing Of Distributing The Will.
• The grounds for challenging or contesting a Will.
• Clause by clause explanation of the Will form.
• What lawyers may not tell you unless you know what to ask .

You get all this for a one off price.

Go to the shop page see the current price.

Even if you decide after reading the Do It Yourself Will Guide For New Zealand that you need a lawyer to complete your Will you will still have a reasonable understanding of what you need to ask a lawyer to do for you and the information you need to provide them with to save time, costs and avoid pitfalls. Lawyers don’t have the time to explain all the information that’s in the Do It Yourself Will Kit For New Zealand.

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