Dying Matters Week Rotorua

Dying Matters Week 2025 in Rotorua was brought to you by Sarah Dewes and the team from Te Atawhai Aroha – Compassionate Communities Rotorua, from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th September.

This event 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.

The programme included: hands-on workshops and presentations from experts in end-of-life, grief and death-care, resources and information from local businesses, crematorium open days, curated collections of books on grief and dying, online events and podcasts, art and theatre, poetry and storytelling, DIY Funeral Workshops, Death Cafes and panel discussions.

For more information about Dying Matters Week events in Rotorua, please email Sarah Dewes.

2025 Event Programme

Dying Matters Week 2025 - Rotorua Programme

Dying Matters Week News and Stories

Wind Phones: For Things Left Unsaid

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The Eldernet Group partners with Go With Grace for Dying Matters Week

Reclaiming Death: A Call for Conversations, Compassion, Community, and Change

Meet our regional champions

Dying Matters Week would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of end-of-life-doulas, Death Cafe facilitators, Hospice staff, Honohono Tātou Katoa and others around Aotearoa. Click on the images below to find out more about some of the incredible people who organised event programmes in their local towns and cities.