Welcome to Dying Matters Week Aotearoa.
Dying Matters Week connects 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.
Join us from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th September at local libraries and other community spaces around New Zealand. The programme includes: hands-on workshops and presentations from experts in end-of-life, grief and death-care, resources and information from local businesses, curated collections of books on grief and dying, online events and podcasts, art and theatre, poetry and storytelling, Death Cafes and panel discussions.
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Join us for Dying Matters Week 2025
Hands-on Workshops
Take part in practical workshops on Advance Care Planning, Go With Grace End-of-Life Planning, memory box making, coffin-making, navigating grief, art therapy and more.
Art & Theatre
Attend shows, exhibitions, comedy and films exploring end-of-life, death and grief.
Local Resources
Discover death care resources from local businesses and organisations, for example, community organisations, aged care organisations, wellness providers and palliative care providers.
Poetry & Storytelling
Read about others’ experiences with death and dying through poems and stories shared from the local community. Take part in shared reading events and story writing workshops.
Educational Talks & Presentations
Attend free talks from experts on topics including: natural death care, what happens to the body near end-of-life, caring for carers, grief in the workplace, volunteering at Hospice, wills and getting your affairs in order.
Conversation Spaces
Connect with others and start important conversations in your library’s ‘Departure Lounge’, at a local Death Cafe, at a ‘death over dinner’ event, as part of a Grief Circle or Support Group.
Online Events & Podcasts
Join from anywhere in New Zealand for new perspectives on grief, death in different cultures, the end-of-life journey and more.
Book Displays
Browse books for adults and children, about end-of-life, health journeys and grief in local libraries and bookstores.
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I felt reassured by hearing this information and more prepared to face my mothers and husbands approaching deaths.
Thank you so much for all of the workshops and making space for people to learn. I wish I could have attended all of them. Love the mahi you are doing.
Recordings & Presentations
View copies of visual presentations and video recordings made at events and workshops during Dying Matters Week or visit the Go With Grace YouTube channel…