Christchurch Death Cafe

Date: Sunday 13th September 2026
Time: 12:30 – 2:30pm
Venue: Portershed Specialty Cafe, 322 Lincoln Rd, Addington, · Christchurch

Hello death-talkers

Over September throughout NZ we are taking a longer look at death during Dying Matters Week (Sept 7 – 13). In Christchurch there will be several death-related events to entertain and engage with.

I will also be launching my new guidebook ‘The Mortality Muse – using death to live fully now’. This new work encapsulates my whole reason for encouraging death conversations, which is to use our mortality to help us find whats most important and keep us focused on making those discoveries a daily priority. PM me if you want to know more about this new offering (for yourself, or as a therapist).

Join us for a spacious conversation at one of our old haunts, the Portershed Cafe on Lincoln Road. We have the back cottage to ourselves for 2 hours.

If you aim to be there by 12:20am you can order drinks and snacks, find a seat and give yourself time to get settled. We will get started soon after 12:30pm

Melanie