Dying Matters Week connects people across Aotearoa to start conversations in a safe space, learn from local experts and seek support to plan for later life and end-of-life and to navigate grief and loss.
From Northland to Otago, communities came together for workshops, Death Cafés, expos, panel discussions, open days, presentations, poetry, conversations about grief and opportunities to step behind the scenes of the deathcare sector.
2026 Dying Matters Week Photos
Media Coverage
Click on the links below to read/listen to media coverage of Dying Matters Week. Please direct all media enquiries to [email protected].
- Dying Matters Week 2026 (One News)
- Seven Days, Seven Conversations
- Starting Conversations about Dying
- Death ‘the most normal, natural part of our lives’
- Dying Matters Returns
- Reconnecting with Death, Dying Matters Week 2026
- Why conversations about death are important (Radio NZ)
- Dying Matters Week North Canterbury (Compass FM)
- Dying Matters Week Events at Wellington City Libraries
- End of Life Doulas: Changing How We Think About Dying
- Death Cafés across Tāmaki Makaurau
- Taking Time To Plan Ahead
Media Archives
- Facing one of the inevitable parts of life: death
- Dying Matters Week 2025 Podcast
- Community Event Discusses Death, Dying & Grief
- Doulas Helping People Treat Death as a Journey
- RNZ with Kathryn Ryan on the Nine to Noon show
- End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa Interview with TVNZ
- Dying Matters Week – Pacific Days Interview
Dying Matters Week Updates
Stay up to date with the latest events, resources, and discussions via our Dying Matters Week email newsletter.
Go with Grace is a treasure box of stories, resources and knowledge to help people prepare for death, care for the dying and live with grief and loss. Offering comfort, honesty and practical advice, Go with Grace shows real leadership in opening up kōrero that matter and stands as a trusted, compassionate guide when people need it most.
Hospice New Zealand
Videos and recordings from Dying Matters Week
View copies of visual presentations and video recordings made at events and workshops during Dying Matters Week 2025 or visit the Go With Grace YouTube channel…
“Go With Grace has been a partner of North Haven Hospice’s for almost 3 years now, and a beneficial contributor to our services and mission of expanding knowledge, conversations and compassionate communities around death and dying.
North Haven Hospice has been a key participant in the inaugural event of Dying Matters Week NZ, and it has been wonderful to see Katy Mandeno and her team extend this into wider New Zealand regions and communities. We have engaged with the event with key staff members speaking and presenting at both events
held in the last 2 years and will continue to support the development of the event as part of the “Shaping Your Legacy” event to be held in September 2026.
We remain an ongoing partner of Go With Grace and their endeavours to educate and support our communities in a space where the conversations are hard, people feel lost and often don’t know where to turn.”
Dr Warrick Jones, Medical Director, North Haven Hospice