Dying Matters Week Tauranga
The Dying Matters Week Expo in Tauranga was brought to you by End of Life Doulas, Gaylene Delaney and Carol Wales.
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, please email Gaylene at info@embracelife.co.nz or sign up to the Dying Matters Week newsletter.
2025 Event Programme
We had a lively Q and A event at Greerton library, giving people a chance to ask questions and share interesting stories, in a safe place. We completed the week with an incredible, fun and engaging Expo which ran from 9:30 am to 4 pm. We had a range of very interesting speakers and several stalls, which were kept busy all day. We had beautiful coffee from Archies coffee cart and yummy sausages, courtesy of the Katikati Coffin Club. Overall, a fantastic and uplifting day.
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.
Damara
Nelson
marama
Whangaparāoa
jade
Timaru
melanie
Wellington
maria
Auckland
katy
Whangārei
gayle
Tauranga
sherie
Mangawhai
ingrid
Southland
alysha
Hawke’s Bay
sarah
Rotorua
laura
Palmerston North
belinda
Taranaki
sally
Otago
laura
Golden Bay
Save the date
Dying Matters Week 2026 is happening from Monday 7th September to Sunday 13th September.
Dying Matters Week Tauranga Sponsors
A massive thank you to Hope Family Funeral Home for the use of your gorgeous venue and Eva, for the many hours you put into support us. Another massive thank you to our other sponsor Holland Beckett.
Thank you to all the stall holders: B.O.P Memorials, Carried Away Coffins, BOP Home Funeral Support, Alzheimers, End of Life Choice Society, Forget Me Not Life Stories, The Holistic Shebang, Myrrh Magic Essential Oils, First Light Flower Essences, Death Without Debt. Thank you to Sweetpea & Jasmine for providing flowers. Thank you to the Gift Basket Donors: Webster’s Tea, Waipuna Hospice, Bethlehem Health Food Shop, Growers Direct, Talisman Hotel & Restaurant, Paper Plus Bethlehem, Katikati Coffin Club, Forget Me Not Life Stories, BOP Home Funeral Services, My Will Wishes, Myrrh Magic Essential Oils, The Holistic Shebang and Blissful Things. A really big thank you to Matt O Meeghan from The Broadcast Company for livestreaming and recording this event. The expo would not have been so successful without this huge team.
Also a big thank you to Jakob Su’a-Filo from Tauranga Library.