A keepsake for a whole career

For a Career That Deserves to Last

The personalised retirement gift that turns a lifetime of work into a keepsake for the wall — their name, their years, their projects and nicknames, woven into one crossword. No photo needed.

  • Personalised retirement gift in an oak frame held against a wall — te reo Māori "Haere rā" crossword design for Joan, 40 years
  • Personalised retirement gift in an oak frame held against a wall — "Happy Retirement, Joan" crossword keepsake, 1985–2025
  • Personalised retirement crossword poster in an oak frame held against a wall — "Happy Retirement, Mum" design, 40 years
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Personalised Retirement Crossword

Personalised Retirement Crossword

$139.00 NZD
$139.00 NZD
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or 4x payments of $34.75 with Afterpay / Zip
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Framed options arrive gift-ready and ready to hang

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Shipping & pickup

  • ✓Free NZ-wide shipping on every order
  • ✓Delivered in 2–5 working days
  • ✓Or pick it up next-day in Auckland — order by 6pm, collect from our Mount Wellington studio

See Why Kiwis Love Their AllCustom Crossword

The same handcrafted keepsake — now for a career worth celebrating.

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As easy as filling in their story

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Fill in their career

Their name, plus the words that made their working life — role, years, team, projects, nicknames.

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See it live

Hit Create Your Design and watch the crossword build in front of you. What you see is what arrives.

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We make & send it

Once your design’s ready, we make your keepsake and send it on its way to you.

Made for every retirement

Personalised retirement crossword gift in two oak frames - one for a colleague, one from the team

For a colleague or the team

Chipping in for a colleague’s send-off? The words everyone at work knows them for, in one keepsake — the rare group gift that actually feels personal.

Personalised retirement crossword gift in two oak frames - one for Dad, one for Mum

For Mum or Dad’s retirement

A retirement gift for Mum or Dad after decades of putting everyone else first — their whole career, on the wall.

Personalised retirement crossword gift in two oak frames - one for a retiring teacher, one for a nurse

A retiring teacher or nurse

A teacher retirement gift (or for a retiring nurse) — filled with the classes, wards and projects they gave their working life to.

Why a crossword beats flowers, a gift card and another generic present

Flowers are gone in a week and a gift card is forgotten by payday. A crossword of their whole career goes on the wall and stays there — for about the price of a nice bunch of flowers.

Their career, in their words — job title, years of service, the team, big projects, the in-jokes and nicknames. You fill the slots and the crossword builds around them.
You don’t need one. Unlike a photo gift, this is built from words — ideal when you’re a colleague, or the office chipping in together.
Yes. Keep “Happy Retirement, [Name]”, or write your own — “40 Years, One Legend”, “Thanks for Everything, Boss”.

Designed & Made in Auckland

Printed to order in our Auckland studio — never shipped in from overseas. Faster delivery, local quality control, and a small Kiwi team that genuinely cares about getting your gift right. And our Happiness Guarantee: if it’s not right, we’ll reprint it.

Ordering for a team or the whole company? Get in touch and we’ll sort it for you.
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