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How your free will works
Answer a series of straightforward questions, review your wishes, then follow the signing steps. Creating your will with Free Wills NZ costs nothing, with no subscription and no hidden fees.
- 100% free to create
- No payment required
- Made for New Zealanders
A clear path
From first question to a document ready for signing
You do not need to have every detail memorised before you begin. Gather what you know, work through each decision carefully, and pause if your circumstances need professional advice.
Tell us about you
Start with your details and the people important to you. This helps shape the questions that follow.
- Your full legal details
- Your partner and family situation
- Children or dependants
Choose the people involved
Name the people you trust to carry out your wishes and the people or organisations you want to provide for.
- Your executor
- Beneficiaries and backup choices
- Guardianship wishes where relevant
Set out your wishes
Record how you want your estate handled, including important gifts and any personal instructions you want considered.
- Property, money and possessions
- Specific or charitable gifts
- Funeral, tangi or memorial wishes
Review, print and sign
Read the completed document carefully. Then print it and follow the signing instructions with at least two suitable witnesses present together.
- Check names and instructions
- Use independent witnesses
- Store the signed original safely
Before you begin
A few details make the process easier
Names of your executor and a backup
An executor is the person you name to look after your estate and carry out the wishes in your will. A backup can step in if your first choice is unable to act.
Names of beneficiaries and charities
Beneficiaries are the people or organisations you name to receive gifts or a share of your estate. This can include family, friends and charities.
Details of major assets and specific gifts
Major assets may include a home, savings, investments or valuable belongings. A specific gift is a particular item or amount you want to leave to someone.
Guardian choices for children, if needed
A guardian choice records who you would like to help care for your children if you are no longer able to. It can also be helpful to think of a backup choice.
Funeral, tangi or memorial preferences
These are your personal wishes for how you would like to be remembered, including the type of gathering, ceremony or farewell you may prefer.
A safe place for the signed original
This is a secure place where the original signed will can be kept and found when needed. It helps if your executor knows where it is stored.
Consider speaking with a lawyer if you have a blended family, trusts, overseas assets, a business, relationship property concerns, questions about capacity, or a likely family dispute.
Good to know
Creating the document is only part of the job
Sign it correctly
Under the Wills Act 2007, a will must be in writing and signed and witnessed as required. At least two witnesses must be together in the will-maker’s presence, and each must sign in the will-maker’s presence.
Keep the signed original safe
Tell your executor where the original is stored. A clear, accessible original can make it easier for the right person to act when the time comes.
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