Death Without Debt Funeral Workshop (Ashhurst)

Venue: Village Valley Centre (Centennial Room), Ashhurst
Date: 8th November 2025
Time: 10:30am to 3pm (with a break for lunch)
Cost: $10 waged and $5 unwaged.

Hot drinks and snacks served. BYO lunch.

Presenters: Suzanne Chellius, Rachel Rose and Melissa Hemi.

Death Without Debt is a national organisation campaigning and educating on funeral debt ‘dedicated to creating a future where the cost of dying doesn’t add to the burden of grief’. And where ‘everyone in New Zealand has the right to an affordable and dignified funeral process.’

WORKSHOPS COVER:

• Funeral planning, wills, Enduring Power of Attorney, Advanced Care Plans, probate
• After-death paperwork requirements and avoiding professional service fees
• Care and transport of the body
• When you need a coffin and when you don’t.
• The pros and cons of cremation vs burial. Alternative and environmental technologies.
• The politics and history of funerals
• Community initiatives and collective action for funeral reform
• And much more . . .

These workshops are usually $40 per person, but RECAP is subsidising this to make it more accessible. Thank you to our varied funders who make this possible.