Don't leave your family a password. Leave them yourself.
Bonded Legacy is a digital family time capsule. Video messages, voice notes, letters, photo albums, family recipes, your life story, your family tree, all held safely and delivered to the people you love on the days that matter most.
Created with love in New Zealand, for every day after
Play me on my daughter's wedding day
A hug from beyondWords that outlive usRead at my funeralLove, on record
A hug from beyondWords that outlive usRead at my funeralLove, on record
Moments worth showing up for
Be there, even when you can't be.
Record it today. We deliver it on the day they need you most, years, or decades, from now.
Their wedding day
The father-of-the-bride toast
You walked her down the aisle in your heart. Now raise a glass, from the big screen at the reception.
Their graduation
Cheering from the front row
You didn't get to see them cross the stage. They still get to hear you say: I always knew you could.
Their funeral (yours)
A goodbye in your own voice
The eulogy nobody else could give. Warm, funny, honest, the way you'd want to be remembered.
Play at my celebration of life
The signature Bonded Legacy film
Give your own eulogy.
This is the big one. The film that plays at your funeral, recorded by you, in your voice, in your own words. Not a stranger reading a script. You, cracking the joke only you could crack, thanking the people who need to hear it, telling everyone in the room they are going to be okay.
Bonded Legacy is a New Zealand built digital family time capsule, bringing together personal recordings, secure legacy storage, nominated Keepers and messages for future milestones.
01
Record
Give them something of you. Your voice. Your laugh. Your stories. The advice you have always given and the words they may need to hear again one day. Record something that could only ever come from you.
02
Address it
Choose the person and the moment: their 21st, an anniversary, Christmas, a birthday, their first child, your funeral.
03
Refresh yearly
Every year we email you a gentle nudge to re-record, add a new love letter, or tweak anything.
04
Release
Your Bonded Keeper, a trusted person you name, releases each message when its day arrives.
One email a year. "Anything you'd like to add?"
Life changes, new grandkids, new inside jokes, new things you wish you'd said. Every year on your Bonded anniversary we send a gentle nudge to refresh a message or add a new love letter. No pressure. Just a little tap on the shoulder from your future self.
"Bonded Legacy is for every day after you're gone, every wedding you'll miss, every grandchild you won't meet, every ordinary Tuesday they'll wish they could still call you."
Bonded Legacy
A joyful thing to leave behind
Not dreary. Not gray. Just gloriously alive.
Most legacy stuff is hushed and heavy, wills, folders, forms. We think what you leave behind should sound like you: loud, warm, funny, honest. A last hug, in full colour.
End-to-end encrypted, private until the day
Unlimited recipients, unlimited messages
Release on a date, a birthday, a wedding, or after you're gone
You choose a Bonded Keeper to unlock everything
Meet the founder
Hi, I'm Rachel Aneta.
Rachel Aneta Wills, Founder
"I lost my dad, suddenly, at 14. More than 35 years on, I still can't hear his voice, feel his skin, or catch his laugh. My only wish, through every hard chapter since, has been to hear him say, 'You've got this, Rach.'"
Bonded Legacy was born from that grief, and from thirteen years as a senior insurance adviser in the corporate space, sitting across from families in the rawest moments of their lives.
I've watched people play a final voicemail thirteen times over, just to hear a voice again. I've seen them cling to a jumper that still smells like him, a card in her handwriting, a birthday message saved on an old phone.
Before insurance, I spent many years in film and television as an actor and film producer, and I've produced two of my own films. Storytelling, imagery, and the power of a moment captured on camera are woven into who I am. Bonded Legacy is where all of that meets: the tender and the technical, the reel and the real.
Wills matter. Estates matter. But I believe we've been missing the mark. We need to leave pieces of ourselves behind, too. The laugh. The pep talk. The recipe. The love.
That's why Bonded Legacy exists, for every day after. This is deeply personal work, and I'm honoured to hold it for you.
What you leave behind is sacred. Bonded Legacy is built so your keepsakes stay private, safe, and yours alone, until the day your family is meant to see them.
Encrypted, always
Every file is encrypted at rest and in transit. Your vault is isolated to your account at the database level. Nothing is ever public, indexable, or shared.
Backed up 3 times
Every keepsake is duplicated across three independent, geographically separate data centres. If one falls over, your vault is already safe in the other two.
Yours, not ours
You are the only person who opens your vault. Our team does not browse, download, or share your files. Support can help with your account, never your content.
Tied to you, only you
Every keepsake is stamped to your account and versioned. Update a love letter in year seven, we keep the history. Nothing gets lost, nothing gets mixed up.
The forever promise
If you go. If we go.
Your legacy should outlast both of us. Here is exactly what happens.
If you pass away
Your nominated Keeper triggers release using the method you chose at signup. Your vault opens on your terms, not ours.
If Bonded Legacy ever dissolves
A signed continuity plan is held with our legal partner. If the company ever winds down, every vault is transferred, intact and encrypted, to an approved successor custodian, or exported to you and your Keeper in full.
If technology changes
We migrate your files to modern formats as standards evolve. Your 2026 video message will still play on your granddaughter's device in 2066.
Full export, any time
You can download every file in your vault at any moment. Your legacy is never trapped inside our platform.
Your Bonded Keeper
One trusted person. Three ways to release.
You nominate up to three Keepers, the people who unlock your vault when the moment arrives. You choose how release happens at signup, and you can change it any time.
Certificate + human review
Keeper uploads a death certificate, our team verifies, then unlocks. Slowest, safest.
Keeper quorum
Two of three Keepers must independently confirm. No paperwork, fast, no single point of failure.
Check-in switch
We send you a gentle 'still with us?' email every few months. If you go quiet for a set time, your Keepers are notified.
What you can upload
Big files welcome.
Every upload is checked, versioned, and tied to your account. If you re-record a message five years from now, the new one lives beside the old one, never on top of it.
VideoMP4, MOV, up to 500 MB, 5 min per clip
AudioMP3, M4A, WAV, up to 200 MB
PhotosJPG, PNG, HEIC, up to 25 MB
Letters & recipesPDF, DOCX, TXT, or written in-app
One of our team visits your home, village, or favourite armchair and gently guides you (or someone you love) through recording the stories, messages, and moments your family will treasure forever. No preparation, no technology skills, just a relaxed conversation with someone who knows how to put you at ease on camera.
In-home visit, anywhere in Auckland
Lighting and sound included
Gentle prompts to help you find the words
We upload everything into your vault for you
$895 NZD, everything included. Up to 3 hours on-site, professional filming, gentle guidance, and your finished keepsake uploaded straight to your vault. Currently available in Auckland only, more cities coming soon.
For retirement villages
The LegacyHour.
A free one hour event where your residents record the stories and messages their families will treasure forever. We bring the camera, the warmth and the gentle questions. You bring the tea urn. Every resident keeps their recording, free, no selling in the room.
