Dying Matters Week Porirua
End-of-Life Doula and Registered Nurse, Melanie Humphries-Connolly brought Dying Matters Week 2025 to Porirua and Hutt Valley with events from 1st to 7th September at the Whitby and Titahi Bay Libraries, Pātaka Event Centre, War Memorial Library and other local businesses.
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 Wellington, please contact: Melanie Humphries-Connolly.
2025 Event Programme
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
