DyingMatters featured in press & media

Thumbnail from the 1News Dying Reviews feature

1News

Sharing the experience behind Dying Reviews

Deborah shares her experiences during Steve’s illness and after his death, highlighting why businesses need to better support people facing loss.

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Breakfast

Why the way we treat people matters

A conversation about Hospice New Zealand’s Dying Reviews campaign and how businesses respond when their customers are facing dying, death and bereavement.

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Deborah with her family

Law News

The death doula helping prepare for life’s final chapter

What a death doula does, why Deborah became one and the personal story behind starting Dying Matters.

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Deborah and Joanne pictured in GreyPower Magazine

GreyPower Magazine

On the matter of dying…

Joanne Howe talks about confronting and planning for the inevitable, and how preparing ahead can make facing death a little easier.

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Preview of the A Better Goodbye magazine feature

Your Weekend

A Better Goodbye

Death doulas are part of a growing movement helping people face the end of life with knowledge instead of fear, supporting both the dying and those left behind.

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Two women talking together at a café

New Zealand Listener

Living while dying

After a terminal cancer diagnosis, Karen Barnett is putting the fun into a FUNeral she plans to hold before her death. She’s one of many refusing to go quietly.

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Let’s keep the conversation going

For media enquiries, interviews, press features or collaborations, we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch with Deborah and Joanne to talk about what you have in mind.