Your Hosts
Hosted by Go With Grace and North Haven Hospice, the 2025 hui is being made possible with support from our friends, Te Atawhai Aroha (hosts of the 2024 hui), Honohono Tātou Katoa and many others in our village.
Go With Grace
Go With Grace is a website offering gentle guidance, support, resources and peace of mind for those getting their affairs in order, caring for whānau, grieving or facing the loss of a loved one. It is also the home of Dying Matters Week, New Zealand’s national event held each year to connect people across Aotearoa to start conversations in a safe space, learn from local experts and seek support to get affairs in order and navigate grief or loss.
North Haven Hospice
North Haven Hospice is located in Whangārei and provides care for people of any age with any life-limiting condition or terminal illness to enjoy living every moment, making the most of the time they have left, however long that may be. They are a community charity with a special place in the hearts of Northlanders and a long-time supporter of compassionate communities.
Event Partners
Honohono Tātou Katoa
Honohono Tātou Katoa is dedicated to fostering compassionate communities in Tāmaki Makaurau through empathetic actions aimed at shifting attitudes and practices surrounding life, aging, death, and grief. Working alongside communities, their vision is that everyone has access to exceptional care before, during and after death.
Te Atawhai Aroha
Te Atawhai Aroha Trust is a compassionate community in Rotorua and was the host of the 2024 hui. Their team is working together to build whānau and community preparedness for death, loss and grief. They are also advocating for a certified natural burial site in Rotorua.
Hui Contributors
Please keep an eye on the section below for information and links to all the wonderful people sharing their experiences and expertise during the hui. We will continue to add details as speakers and activities are confirmed.
Jo and Jo – A Graceful Undertaking
A Graceful Undertaking’ are opening their premises on Thursday afternoon to attendees as one of the experience options, speaking as part of the Day 2 programme and will be facilitating the Whangārei Death Cafe on Saturday morning at the Hundertwasser Activity Centre.
Meet the team of women, see through the premises and ask anything. A Graceful Undertaking specialises in natural (unembalmed) care, family engagement and supporting personal choices. We do what we do because it’s what we want for ourselves, we believe in transparency through open information sharing, social justice and disrupting the conventions.
Joost de Bruin – Hundertwasser Arts Centre
Take a tour with Joost and experience Hundertwasser’s different approach to death and dying at Whangārei’s iconic Arts Centre on day one of the hui or as an option on Saturday 24th May.
Dr Joost de Bruin is Director of the Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangārei and Adjunct Professor at the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. He was previously President of Dutch Communities NZ. As a member of the Dutch Connection Trust, he was involved in the establishment of the Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom cultural and community centre in Te Awahou/Foxton.
