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Canterbury Events

Welcome to Dying Matters Week Canterbury.

Social worker and End of Life Doula, Liz Adcock-White from The Fifth Season and End of Life Doula, Julie Wells from Path of the Heart brought Dying Matters Week 2024 to Canterbury. This event was all about supporting people to start conversations, learn from experts, and feel empowered to put end-of-life planning in place to bring peace of mind to themselves and their loved ones.

2025 programme of events coming soon!

Canterbury Programme 2024

Kaiapoi Library (Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre, 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi)
Book display – 5th – 9th August
Drop in chat with Liz, End-of-life Doula – Friday 9th August 1-2pm
Talk ‘An elephant in the room: talking about sad stuff’ with Liz Thursday 15th August, 5 – 6pm
North Canterbury Death Cafe – 21st July, 2pm

Rangiora Library (Trevor Inch Memorial Library, 141 Percival Street, Rangiora)
Book display – 5th – 9th August
Drop in chat with Liz, End-of-life Doula – Wednesday 7th August 1-2pm
Talk ‘An elephant in the room: talking about sad stuff’ with Liz, Friday 16th August, 5-6pm
North Canterbury Death Cafe – 18th August, 2pm

Rangiora RSA (82 Victoria Street, Rangiora, North Canterbury)
Free presentation by Julie, End-of-Life Doula
A Life Well Lived …& Why Death Awareness Matters
Wednesday 7th August – session 1 (10 – 11:30am), session 2 (2 – 3:30pm)

Amberley Library (Hurunui Memorial Library, 111 Carters Rd, SH1, Amberley)
Book display – Whole of August
Drop in chat with Liz, End-of-life Doula – Thursday 8th August 1-2pm